The Reason For Breakfast
Recording of the stage production "The Reason For Breakfast", performed by The Front Lawn at the Court Theatre in Wellington, 1986. it was performed as part of the International Arts Festival. Don McGlashan later described The Reason for Breakfast as "a piece about forgetting the simplest ritual, about how terrible losing that flimsy fabric that makes us human might be if we were to forget it. It's also about what happens in a place like New Zealand where kids can grow up in an absence of ritual, an absence of behaviour that has meaning in other parts of the world."
Primary Title
- The Reason For Breakfast
Date Broadcast
- 1986
Channel
- Media Services
Broadcaster
- The University of Auckland Library
Programme Description
- Recording of the stage production "The Reason For Breakfast", performed by The Front Lawn at the Court Theatre in Wellington, 1986. it was performed as part of the International Arts Festival. Don McGlashan later described The Reason for Breakfast as "a piece about forgetting the simplest ritual, about how terrible losing that flimsy fabric that makes us human might be if we were to forget it. It's also about what happens in a place like New Zealand where kids can grow up in an absence of ritual, an absence of behaviour that has meaning in other parts of the world."
Classification
- Not Classified
Owning Collection
- Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use.
Genres
- Music
- Performance
- Theater
Contributors
- The Front Lawn (Performing group)
- Don McGlashan (Actor)
- Harry Sinclair (Actor)