THELMA EAKIN
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Plays by Thelma Eakin
Shadow of the Valley, The |
| 1st Produced: | Greymouth High | 1977 | ||
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| 1st Published: | Oxford University Press, Wellington, NZ | 1980 | ||
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| Genre: | Youth Musical Drama | Youth Audience | Parts: | Male | 24 | Female | 15 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: writen by Susan Battye and Thelma Eakin | ||||
Synopsis: On March 26, 1896, sixty five men lost their lives following an explosion in the coal mine at Brunnerton, a small West Coast coal-mining town. This documentary play deals with the impact of the disaster on the Grey Valley community and traces attempts to gain compensation from the coal company. | ||||
