''Dimboola'' is a 1973 film. It is a filmed recording of a performance of
Jack Hibberd
John Charles Hibberd (born 12 April 1940 in Warracknabeal, Victoria) is an Australian playwright and physician.
Biography
Hibberd studied medicine at the University of Melbourne and resided in Newman College. He worked as a registrar in ...
's
play of the same name by the
Australian Performing Group
The Australian Performing Group (APG) was a Melbourne-based experimental theatre repertory ensemble formed in an official capacity in 1970 from the La Mama theatre group. Created to address a dissatisfaction with Australia's theatrical climate, th ...
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The Pram Factory
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The Pram Factory was an Australian alternative theatre venue in the Melbourne suburb of Carlton from around 1970 until the 1981. It was home to the Australian Performing Group and Nindethana, Australia's first Aboriginal theatre group ...
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Cast
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Bruce Spence
Bruce Spence (born 17 September 1945) is a New Zealand–Australian actor. Spence has amassed over 100 film and television credits and has also acted in theatre.
Biography
Spence won an AFI Award for Best Actor for his role in the 1971 comedy ...
*Fay Mokotow
*Wilfred Last
*Rosslyn de Winter
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Tim Robertson
Tim Robertson is an Australian actor and writer.
He is a graduate of the University of Western Australia] (1965) and taught at Flinders University in Adelaide, where he began adapting and directing plays. He joined the Australian Performing Gro ...
*Jan Friedl
*Charles Kemp
*Robert Meldrum
*Evelyn Krape
*Peter Cummins
*Jude Kuring
*Eileen Chapman
*Bill Garner
*Kerry Dwyer
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Jack Charles (actor), Jack Charles
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Max Gillies
Maxwell Irvine Gillies AM (born 16 November 1941) is an Australian actor and a founding member of the 1970s experimental theatre company, the Australian Performing Group.
Early life and education
Gillies studied art teaching at Frankston Tea ...
Production
The film was shot during an actual performance at the Pram Factory, Carlton, Melbourne on the evening of 22 May 1973.
External links
''Dimboola''at Oz Movies
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1973 films
Australian comedy-drama films
Australian films based on plays
1970s English-language films
1970s Australian films
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