Breaker Morant (play)
Breaker Morant: A Play in Two Acts is a significant Australian play written by Kenneth G. Ross, centred on the court-martial and the last days of Lieutenant Harry "Breaker" Morant (1864–1902) of the Bushveldt Carbineers (BVC), that was first performed at the Athenaeum Theatre, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, on Thursday, 2 February 1978, by the Melbourne Theatre Company. Described at the time as an "interesting, though underwritten biographical study", the first performance of the play was directed and designed by John Sumner, the founding director of the Melbourne Theatre Company.
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Breaker Morant (play)
Breaker Morant: A Play in Two Acts is a significant Australian play written by Kenneth G. Ross, centred on the court-martial and the last days of Lieutenant Harry "Breaker" Morant (1864–1902) of the Bushveldt Carbineers (BVC), that was first performed at the Athenaeum Theatre, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, on Thursday, 2 February 1978, by the Melbourne Theatre Company. Described at the time as an "interesting, though underwritten biographical study", the first performance of the play was directed and designed by John Sumner, the founding director of the Melbourne Theatre Company.
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Breaker Morant: A Play in Two ...... the Melbourne Theatre Company.
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Captain Taylor
Colonel Hamilton
Corporal Sharp
Dr. Johnson
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Lieutenant Handcock
Lieutenant Morant
Lieutenant Witton
Lord Kitchener
Major Thomas
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1978-02-02
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South Africa.
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The Boer Wars,Courts-martial,Military justice,Summary execution
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"Breaker" Morant
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Captain Taylor
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Colonel Hamilton
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Dr. Johnson
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Lieutenant Handcock
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Lieutenant Morant
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Lieutenant Witton
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Lord Kitchener
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Breaker Morant
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1978-02-02
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South Africa.
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