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Play 1:   Free Man of Colour
by Charles Smith
     
 

In 1824, Reverend Robert Wilson, president of Ohio University, enrols John Newton Templeton, a young ex-slave, as the first black man to attend the University.

Wilson's wife, Jane, is jealous of the opportunity for education afforded Templeton, especially since she, as a woman, cannot study at the University.

Wilson believes that Templeton has a divine calling to lead free slaves to found a new African colony - Liberia.

Caught between the expectations of Wilson, and the realisation of what founding a colony of free blacks in Africa would mean to blacks in America, Templeton finally learns what it really means to be a free man of colour.

Chalres Smith is head of the Playwriting Program at Ohio University. Independent Theatre's cast of three comprises Shedrick Yarkpai (himself from Liberia) as Templeton, David Roach as Wilson, and Lyn Wilson as Jane.

BASED ON A TRUE STORY ! ! !

AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

   
Where: Odeon Theatre
  Queen Street, Norwood
   
When: March 14, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 27 at 7.30 pm
Matinee March 15 at 4.00 pm
Early performances March 18, 24 at 6.30 pm
   
Tickets: $30 / $25 (plus booking fees) available through FringeTix (all performances) or BASS (March 24 - 27 only) on 131 246

Group Discounts available by calling 8411 6661
   
     
Play 2:   My Boy Jack
by David Haig
     
 

In 1913, Rudyard Kipling was England's most famous living author - creator of The Jungle Books, The Man Who Would Be King, Kim, Gunga Din. He was also a fervent patriot, and proponent of England's opposition to Germany.

He felt duty-bound to send his son, Jack, to war, despite the boy being legally blind.

This triggered a bitter family conflict, which left Britain's most renowned patriot devastated by the warring of his own greatest passions - his love for his children, and his devotion to King and Country.

Written as a play by actor, David Haig, the recent film starred Haig, with Daniel Radcliffe as Jack.

David Roach and Kathryn Fisher will play Rudyard and Carrie Kipling.

BASED ON A TRUE STORY ! ! !

AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

   
Where: Odeon Theatre
  Queen Street, Norwood
   
When: July 25, 30, 31, August 1, 6, 7, 8 at 7.30 pm
Matinees July 26, August 2 at 4.00 pm
Early performances July 29, August 5 at 6.30 pm
   
Tickets: $30 / $25 (plus booking fees) available through BASS on 131 246

Group Discounts available by calling 8411 6661
   
     
Play 3:   Vanity Fair
by William Makepeace Thackeray
     
 

A brand new stage adaptation of Thackeray's wickedly funny social satire on society and greed.

The alluring and ruthless Becky Sharp defies her impoverished background to claw her way up the social ladder. Meanwhile, her sentimental friend, Amelia, longs for caddish soldier George. As the two heroines make their way through the bawdy, tawdry glamour of Regency society - even paying a visit to the Battle of Waterloo - they encounter a delicious assortment of rogues, rakes, dandies and lecherous lords.

Becky Sharp is one of the great creations of English literature, and a clear model for Gone with the Wind's Scarlett O'Hara. Vanity Fair has been adapted many times to television. Becky Sharp's big-screen interpreters have ranged from Miriam Hopkins to Reese Witherspoon.

AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
   
Where: Odeon Theatre
  Queen Street, Norwood
   
When: November 7, 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21 at 7.30 pm
Matinees November 8, 15 at 4.00 pm
Early performances November 11, 18 at 6.30 pm
   
Tickets: $30 / $25 (plus booking fees) available through BASS on 131 246

Group Discounts available by calling 8411 6661
   
     
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