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''Dimboola'' is a play by the Australian author Jack Hibberd. It premiered in 1969 at La Mama Theatre under the direction of Graeme Blundell. The whole action of the play supposedly takes place at a real wedding at which the actors represent the families of the bride and groom and the audience are "invited guests". The play is described in the program notes as Rabelaisian and rumbustious. ==History== The play grew out of a reading in London of Anton Chekhov's 1889 play ''The Wedding'' and Bertolt Brecht's farce ''A Respectable Wedding''. The production at La Mama was supported by a grant of $1 250 from the Australia Council for the Arts (the predecessor to the Australia Council). The second production by the Australian Performing Group at the Pram Factory in 1973 was directed by David Williamson. This performance was filmed.〔(''Dimboola: The Stage Play'' ) at IMDB〕 By 1974 it was thought the play had grossed over $1 million.〔Leslie Rees, ''Australian Drama in the 1970s'', Angus & Robertson, 1978 p 44-45〕 By 1978 it was estimated it had been seen by over 350,000 people.〔Jack Clancy, "Dimboola", ''Cinema Papers'', Oct-Nov 1978 p99〕 More Australians have seen ''Dimboola'' than any other stage musical, comedy or straight play, and hundreds of productions have been mounted across the world. It ran in Sydney for two and a half years until the venue, the Whiskey Au Go Go, burned down. In 1979, a film was made directed by John Duigan. In 1988, Pat Garvey adapted the play for a musical which alone has played over 2 000 performances.〔(【引用サイトリンク】Our Services )〕 In 2007, it was produced at the Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne, with Max Gillies and directed by Michael Kantor. In March and April 2008 it played at the La Mama Theatre, directed by Robert Chuter. A novelisation of the same name appeared in 1978, written by Tim Robertson and published by Sun Books, Melbourne.〔Tim Robertson. ''Dimboola.'' 1978. Melbourne: Sun Books. ISBN 0-7251-0295-0.〕 ==Plot== ''Dimboola'' is a celebration of the wedding of Protestant Morrie McAdam and Catholic Reen Delaney in the Mechanics' Institute Hall in Dimboola, Victoria. No holds are barred as the two families come together for the wedding which Jack Hibberd calls "''the testing of strengths of the newly conjugated tribes''". The family members try to preserve social grace and dignity in the face of impending disasters. And disasters there are aplenty! After the drink has flowed a little too freely, mayhem and humour ensues when the families exchange insults and punches, as they resolve to come to terms with the situation.〔from a widely publicised programme note〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dimboola (play)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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