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Adelaide Festival Centre
A Local Man

A Local Man

11 Dec 2007 – 11 Dec 2007

Performance Dates

11 Dec 2007 – 11 Dec 2007

December 2007

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Details

Playwright
Bob Ellis & Robin McLachlan
Director
Bill Blaikie
AddressKing William Road, Adelaide, 5000
Described as Australia's best-loved Prime Minister, Ben Chifley is one of our great historical characters. This intimate one-man show eavesdrops on chifley's thoughts as he remembers his painful childhood, his work as a train driver and union man, and his regrets and achievements as Prime Minister. Set in his modest home in Bathurst in 1951, Ben Chifley prepares a speech he will deliver the following day at the Labor Party conference. it's a difficult time. Two months earlier the Labor Party was defeated in the election. His political legacy appears to be in ruins..........and his health is failing.

Bookings

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