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Production still for "Pacific Union". L-R: Simon Wilton as Nicholas Hasluck, Denis Moore as Doc Evatt. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Pacific Union

By Alexander Buzo

15 September 1995 – 07 October 1995 Merlyn Theatre

Playbox Theatre Company,

New Writing Theatre World Premiere

This is the story of the United Nations Conference on International Organisation which first met on the stage of the San Francisco Opera house on 25 April 1945. While the big powers attempted to dominate the agenda of a Conference expected to last only three weeks, Australia's Foreign Minister H V Evatt battled for the rights of the smaller nations. The 'San Francisco Forty-Fivers' struggled for nine weeks before the UN Charter was finally signed. Exposing the political manoeuvrings and idiosyncratic personalities of the birth of the United Nations and acknowledges the importance of the Conference in establishing the framework for lasting peace.

Production still for "Pacific Union". L-R: Jan Friedl, Ross Thompson, Denis Moore, Joanne Canning, Robert Morgan, Marco Chiappi, Simon Wilton. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Pacific Union". L-R: Denis Moore as Doc Evatt, Jan Friedl as Mas Evatt. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Pacific Union". L-R: Robert Morgan as Frank Forde, Simon Wilton as T.V. Soong, Marco Chiappi as Alger Hiss, Jan Friedl as Virginia C. Gildersleeve. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Pacific Union". Joanne Canning as Carolyn Anspacher. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Publicity photograph for "Pacific Union". L-R: Bruce Myles (Director), Alex Buzo (Playwright) and Judith Cobb (Designer) in the Beckett Theatre. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Pacific Union". L-R: Jan Friedl, Ross Thompson, Denis Moore, Joanne Canning, Robert Morgan, Marco Chiappi, Simon Wilton. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Pacific Union". L-R: Denis Moore as Doc Evatt, Jan Friedl as Mas Evatt. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Pacific Union". L-R: Robert Morgan as Frank Forde, Simon Wilton as T.V. Soong, Marco Chiappi as Alger Hiss, Jan Friedl as Virginia C. Gildersleeve. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Pacific Union". Joanne Canning as Carolyn Anspacher. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Publicity photograph for "Pacific Union". L-R: Bruce Myles (Director), Alex Buzo (Playwright) and Judith Cobb (Designer) in the Beckett Theatre. Photographer: Jeff Busby