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Author note: ...comes from Papinian, which was performed in Adelaide in 1955. Papinian was the celebrated Roman lawyer who was executed in A.D. 212 for refusing to write a speech justifying the murder of his brother Geta by the Emperor Caracalla. This chorus occurs near the end of the play and is, in effect, a commentary on his choice from three different viewpoints: Christian (first slave), materialist (third slave) and Stoic (second slave).
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Papinian : A Tragedy
1955
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1955
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John Bray Reading Poetry
Hazel de Berg
,
Canberra
:
National Library of Australia
,
1959
18402388
1959
single work
poetry
Bray reads part of "Chorus" from a verse play, "Rondo" and "Lines of extinction of Adelaide".
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y
John Bray Reading Poetry
Hazel de Berg
,
Canberra
:
National Library of Australia
,
1959
18402388
1959
single work
poetry
Bray reads part of "Chorus" from a verse play, "Rondo" and "Lines of extinction of Adelaide".
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