Student Theatre Australia --Flinders Uni 2009 Productions--

Clinchfield A taste of good citizens The true story of ‘Murderous Mary' and the event that would forever label Erwin, Tennessee as "the town that hanged the elephant". On September 12, 1916 in Kingsport, Tennessee - assistant elephant trainer, Red Eldridge was crushed to death by Mary, a five-ton Asian elephant during a parade through the town. Red had only worked for the circus a single day. The following day Mary was transported to Erwin, Tennessee, the only town with a crane large enough to lift Mary's bulk. A crowd of over 2500 people (including most of the town's children) assembled atop the Clinchfield Railroad Yard to watch her hang. Clinchfield fuses fiction with true historical statements, using the various, and often contradictory, viewpoints of people who witnessed the event. Written by award winning Flinders Drama Centre graduate, writer Caleb Lewis and directed by former State Theatre Company Associate Director Michael Hill (The Duck Shooter and Waiting for Godot), Clinchfield will feature Flinders Drama Centre final year students in this world premier performance.  Date - 23-25 July, 2009 @ 8pm, 25th July at 2pm Location - Matthew Flinders Theatre, Humanities Drive, Flinders Uni Written by - Caleb Lewis Directed by - Michael Hill Design by - Morag Cook Performed by - Flinders Drama Centre final year students Tickets - Booking details can be found at www.flinders.edu.au/clinchfield