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y separately published work icon The Rain Dancers single work   drama   - Two acts
First known date: 1990 Issue Details: First known date: 1990... 1990 The Rain Dancers
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'Set among quirky Australians somewhere in the red centre...Dan returns to an outback station after an absence of 25 years which began when he left to register the birth of his daughter.' (Production summary)

Production Details

    • First produced in a short version in 1990 by the State Theatre Company of South Australia.
    • A longer version produced by the Sydney Theatre Company in Wharf 1 on 11 March 1992.
    • Also produced in France in 1995 as part of the Sydney Plays Paris season.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Alternative title: Les danseurs de la pluie
Language: French
    • Carnieres, Belgium, Western Europe, Europe,: Lansman , 1995 .
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      Extent: 82p.
      Description: illus., ports
      Note/s:
      • One of six plays each published separately and as part of a boxed set titled Six Pieces du Theatre Contemporain Australien.
      ISBN: 2872821198
      Series: Decouverte du Theatre Australien Lansman (publisher), series - publisher Number in series: 4
    • Carnieres, Belgium, Western Europe, Europe,: Lansman , 2001 .
      Extent: 96p.
      Description: illus., ports
      ISBN: 2872823026
      Series: Nocturnes theatre series - publisher Number in series: 96

Works about this Work

Cherchez la Sheila A. P. Riemer , 2001 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 19-20 May 2001; (p. 6-7)
The French Selection Matthew Gledhill , 1995 single work column
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 27 June vol. 116 no. 5976 1995; (p. 84)
The French Selection Matthew Gledhill , 1995 single work column
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 27 June vol. 116 no. 5976 1995; (p. 84)
Cherchez la Sheila A. P. Riemer , 2001 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 19-20 May 2001; (p. 6-7)
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