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Issue Details: First known date: 1988... 1988 Death at Balibo : A Play
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The killing, by Indonesian forces, of five Australian T.V. newsmen during an attack on Balibo, East Timor, on October 16th, 1975.

Production Details

  • First produced at Brown's Mart Theatre, Darwin, 12 May 1988 by the Timorese Association NT and the Darwin Theatre Group.

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Works about this Work

Historiography and Rewriting : Performing on/as East Timorese Bodies in Death at Balibo and Diablo! Lesley Delmenico , 2002 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , April no. 40 2002; (p. 8-25)
Examines the effects of East Timorese events upon their representation in Australia, and the responses created by Australian theatrical performances: a cycle of representation and resistance. Explores ways in which two Darwin plays produced by Timorese exiles - Death at Balibo and Diablo! - worked to voice support for resistance in exile and for resistance in East Timor at times when its continuation seemed futile.
'We Are Adjusting, But Not Losing the Roots' : Maria-Alice Casimiro Branco Venetia Gillot (interviewer), 1997 single work interview
— Appears in: Performing Women/ Performing Feminisms : Interviews with International Women Playwrights 1997; (p. 100-103)
'We Are Adjusting, But Not Losing the Roots' : Maria-Alice Casimiro Branco Venetia Gillot (interviewer), 1997 single work interview
— Appears in: Performing Women/ Performing Feminisms : Interviews with International Women Playwrights 1997; (p. 100-103)
Historiography and Rewriting : Performing on/as East Timorese Bodies in Death at Balibo and Diablo! Lesley Delmenico , 2002 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , April no. 40 2002; (p. 8-25)
Examines the effects of East Timorese events upon their representation in Australia, and the responses created by Australian theatrical performances: a cycle of representation and resistance. Explores ways in which two Darwin plays produced by Timorese exiles - Death at Balibo and Diablo! - worked to voice support for resistance in exile and for resistance in East Timor at times when its continuation seemed futile.
Last amended 8 Oct 2010 08:52:07
Subjects:
  • c
    Timor-Leste,
    c
    Southeast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
  • c
    Timor-Leste,
    c
    Southeast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
Settings:
  • 1970s
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