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Notes
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Dedication: For Carol Deagan.
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Epigraph: I shall die, but that is all I shall do for death. Edna St Vincent Millay.
Production Details
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Commissioned by the Nimrod Theatre Company Sydney, on May 12 1982. Act One had its first workshops in 1982 in readings and discussions with the author's friends and writing group. In August 1982, while the author was writer-in-residence at Nimrod, the work-in-progress was given a workshop by Aubrey Mellor (director). By October 1982, The Boiling Frog included Acts One and Two and some key speeches from Act Three and was given a workshop and public reading at Nimrod as part of the Women and Arts Festival, directed by Chris Johnson. It was first performed at the Nimrod Theatre, Sydney, 11 July 1984. Director: John Bell.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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'A Lifelong Journey' : Alison Lyssa
Rachel Fensham
(interviewer),
1997
single work
interview
— Appears in: Performing Women/ Performing Feminisms : Interviews with International Women Playwrights 1997; (p. 89-92) As well as commenting on her own plays, Alison Lyssa describes a theatre project with Cantonese-speaking women in western Sydney in the 1980s. -
With Shades of Brecht
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 14 December 1991; (p. C9)
— Review of The Boiling Frog 1984 single work drama - y Alison Lyssa Speaks Rosemary Curb (interviewer), Z125659 1986 single work interview
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With Shades of Brecht
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 14 December 1991; (p. C9)
— Review of The Boiling Frog 1984 single work drama -
'A Lifelong Journey' : Alison Lyssa
Rachel Fensham
(interviewer),
1997
single work
interview
— Appears in: Performing Women/ Performing Feminisms : Interviews with International Women Playwrights 1997; (p. 89-92) As well as commenting on her own plays, Alison Lyssa describes a theatre project with Cantonese-speaking women in western Sydney in the 1980s. - y Alison Lyssa Speaks Rosemary Curb (interviewer), Z125659 1986 single work interview
Awards
- 1985 shortlisted Ditmar Awards — Dramatic Presentation
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