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Robert J Merritt

ROBERT J MERRITT  (1945 - )

 Nationality:    Australian
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Robert J Merritt

Research:    http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/227385

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below is a list of Robert J Merritt's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Cake Man, The

Cake Man, The

Synopsis:
Story of life on a mission in New South Wales in which white Christian paternalism is seen from a black point of view.

Notes:
Play in three acts about the story of crushing poverty, courage and despair of the life on a New South Wales Aboriginal mission. This was the first indigenous Australian play to be published, televised and to tour internationally.

1st Produced:
Black Theatre Arts and Culture Centre, Redfern, NSW    12 Jan 1975

Organisations:
National Black theatre

1st Published:
Woollahra, NSW : Currency Press, 1978    086-8190144

Music:
-

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Genre:
Historical

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/64788

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