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English translation of the title: Earth/Water: Country.
As Hoa Lam writes in his review of the play, the Vietnamese word for water is nước and that for earth is đất; together they mean country or nation.
Production Details
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First performed in May 1998 at PACT theatre, Erskineville NSW.
Director: Tạ Bình Duy.
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Theatre : Đất nước (Earth/Water : Country)
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: Integration : The Magazine for Multicultural and Vietnamese Issues , October no. 14 1998; (p. 108)
— Review of Đất nước 1998 single work drama The reviewer writes: 'Đất nước (Earth/Water: Country) is a play about identity. Though all come from Vietnamese background, the twelve performers have very different experiences: some were born in Australia, other have only been here a few years; some can barely speak Vietnamese while others are still taking English language classes. Most are hovering on the edge, or in the midst of the changes of adolescence. All are questioning who they are, where they have come from, and where they are going' (108).
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Theatre : Đất nước (Earth/Water : Country)
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: Integration : The Magazine for Multicultural and Vietnamese Issues , October no. 14 1998; (p. 108)
— Review of Đất nước 1998 single work drama The reviewer writes: 'Đất nước (Earth/Water: Country) is a play about identity. Though all come from Vietnamese background, the twelve performers have very different experiences: some were born in Australia, other have only been here a few years; some can barely speak Vietnamese while others are still taking English language classes. Most are hovering on the edge, or in the midst of the changes of adolescence. All are questioning who they are, where they have come from, and where they are going' (108).
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