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'The play narrates the revolutionary feats and achievements of one Captain Midnight VC (he won the VC in World War I), the bastard son of an Indigenous woman and English peer. Politically charismatic, he eventually leads an uprising of blacks (aided by black brothers from Africa and the USA) which compels the government to eject all whites from Tasmania and give it back to the Aborigines, as `Trugininiland’.' - Jack Hibberd
Notes
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Commissioned by Melbourne University Student Theatre
Production Details
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Hibberd's initial version of this work was first written and performed in 1972.
Music by Lorraine Milne.
First produced: MUST Kaleidoscope Country Tour, Victoria 1973.
Performed at: Rusden State College, Clayton, Victoria, 1976.
Cast: Gary Bell, and Robyn Giles
Director: John Preston.
Performed at: Guild Lawn, Crawley, Western Australia 1979. Daylight open air performance for Orientation Week, University of Western Australia. Original music composed by Lorraine Milne.
Cast: Fiona MacLean, Cathy Richardson, Doug Robertson and Ann Tonks.
Composer: Lorraine Milne.
Director: Linda McDowell.
Contents
- Foreword : Captain Midnight V.C., single work criticism (p. ii-iv)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Foreword : Captain Midnight V.C.
1984
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Captain Midnight, V.C. 1984; (p. ii-iv) -
Jack Hibberd
1979
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: After 'The Doll' : Australian Drama Since 1955 1979; (p. 129-144) -
Untitled
1974
single work
review
— Appears in: Nation Review , 3-9 May 1974; (p. 926)
— Review of Captain Midnight, V.C. 1984 single work musical theatre -
Untitled
1974
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 19 April 1974; (p. 4)
— Review of Captain Midnight, V.C. 1984 single work musical theatre -
Untitled
1973
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 27 February 1973; (p. 10)
— Review of Captain Midnight, V.C. 1984 single work musical theatre
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Untitled
1973
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 27 February 1973; (p. 10)
— Review of Captain Midnight, V.C. 1984 single work musical theatre -
Untitled
1974
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 19 April 1974; (p. 4)
— Review of Captain Midnight, V.C. 1984 single work musical theatre -
Untitled
1974
single work
review
— Appears in: Nation Review , 3-9 May 1974; (p. 926)
— Review of Captain Midnight, V.C. 1984 single work musical theatre -
Jack Hibberd
1979
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: After 'The Doll' : Australian Drama Since 1955 1979; (p. 129-144) -
Foreword : Captain Midnight V.C.
1984
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Captain Midnight, V.C. 1984; (p. ii-iv)
- Urban,
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cAustralia,c
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cFrance,cWestern Europe, Europe,
- Fitzroy, Fitzroy - Collingwood area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,
- Tasmania,
- 1910s