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Issue Details: First known date: 2004... 2004 Minefields and Miniskirts
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Notes

  • Adapted by Terence O'Connell from award winning writer Siobhan McHugh's book, Minefields and Miniskirts brings to life a collage of true stories and the experiences of the hundreds of women who played a part in the war in Vietnam.

Production Details

  • World premiere by Playbox Theatre, at the C.U.B. Malthouse, Melbourne, 14-31 July 2004. Season directed by Terrence O'Connell.
  • Also produced on ABC Radio National's Airplay on two consecutive Sundays, 10 and 17 April 2005, and repeated on 21 and 28 January 2007.
  • Also performed at Metro Arts Studio. Presented by MadCat Creative Connections

    5 to 22 August 2009.

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y separately published work icon Minefields and Miniskirts: Australian Women and the Vietnam War Siobhan McHugh , Sydney : Doubleday , 1993 Z1209922 1993 single work biography This book presents the funny, tragic and intensely personal stories of thirty five women who were deeply involved in the Vietnam War, either in the combat zone or on the home front. In this moving, enlightening and sometimes shocking chronicle, ordinary women reveal how they surmounted crises, overcame abuse, discovered what they believed in and found their true potential.
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y separately published work icon Terence O'Connell's Minefields and Miniskirts : Study Notes for Verbatim Theatre HSC Drama 2010-2012 Yanis Garrett , Seven Hills : Five Senses Education , 2011 8029647 2011 single work criticism
y separately published work icon Verbatim : Staging Memory and Community Paul Brown (editor), Strawberry Hills : Currency Press , 2010 Z1741935 2010 anthology criticism young adult Verbatim: Staging Memory and Community 'has been written specifically for the NSW HSC topic on Verbatim Theatre. Focusing on the plays set for the topic—The Laramie Project; Aftershocks; Parramatta Girls; Run Rabbit Run, Minefields and Miniskirts—the book provides project and production history, commentary and analysis, reviews and audience reactions, as well as interviews with the creators of the plays: Each play is explored in its social context, and in the context of the history and range of documentary and "real life" forms of contemporary drama.' (From the publisher's website.)
Bittersweet Tales of War Ron Banks , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 12 August 2005; (p. 6)
— Review of Minefields and Miniskirts Terence O'Connell , 2004 single work drama
Bring the Tissues, Recall the Issue Lyn Mills , 2005 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 1 July 2005; (p. 9)
War Stories Made Personal Stephen Dunne , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 13 May 2005; (p. 13)
— Review of Minefields and Miniskirts Terence O'Connell , 2004 single work drama
Innoncence Dies on the Killing Fields Thuy On , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 16 July 2004; (p. 14)
— Review of Minefields and Miniskirts Terence O'Connell , 2004 single work drama
Minefields and Miniskirts Bill Perrett , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 25 July 2004; (p. 24)
— Review of Minefields and Miniskirts Terence O'Connell , 2004 single work drama
Vivid Memories of Vietnam War Still Haunt Sunanda Creagh , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 9 May 2005; (p. 13)
— Review of Minefields and Miniskirts Terence O'Connell , 2004 single work drama
War Stories Made Personal Stephen Dunne , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 13 May 2005; (p. 13)
— Review of Minefields and Miniskirts Terence O'Connell , 2004 single work drama
Bittersweet Tales of War Ron Banks , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 12 August 2005; (p. 6)
— Review of Minefields and Miniskirts Terence O'Connell , 2004 single work drama
Bring the Tissues, Recall the Issue Lyn Mills , 2005 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 1 July 2005; (p. 9)
y separately published work icon Verbatim : Staging Memory and Community Paul Brown (editor), Strawberry Hills : Currency Press , 2010 Z1741935 2010 anthology criticism young adult Verbatim: Staging Memory and Community 'has been written specifically for the NSW HSC topic on Verbatim Theatre. Focusing on the plays set for the topic—The Laramie Project; Aftershocks; Parramatta Girls; Run Rabbit Run, Minefields and Miniskirts—the book provides project and production history, commentary and analysis, reviews and audience reactions, as well as interviews with the creators of the plays: Each play is explored in its social context, and in the context of the history and range of documentary and "real life" forms of contemporary drama.' (From the publisher's website.)
y separately published work icon Terence O'Connell's Minefields and Miniskirts : Study Notes for Verbatim Theatre HSC Drama 2010-2012 Yanis Garrett , Seven Hills : Five Senses Education , 2011 8029647 2011 single work criticism
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    Vietnam,
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    Southeast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
  • 1960s
  • 1970s
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    Australia,
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