The stories of two people buried in the Christ church graveyard at Longford came to life on the weekend of 2 & 3 May 2009.
The performance was just one of about 100 events that will be staged throughout May as part of the month long Tasmanian Heritage Festival.
Jane Johnson and David Quinn related the lives of free woman Mary Ann Wise and convict Zimram Youram.
University of Tasmania's Community, Place and Heritage Research Unit coordinator Anne Fitzgerald said that the performances were developed from research the unit undertook for the Heritage Highway Tourism Group.
"What we've done is to look at the historical themes of the area like the way the assigned convict system created an instant English gentry system" she said.
"The hardship that women faced is incredible.
"Women's productivity was hard to believe. Mary Ann Wise, for example bore 15 children.
"Her husband had 26 children as her successor bore another 11.
"Zimram Youram is possibly the first Muslim to arrive here.
"He went to Cornwall from India as a free man, was sent to NSW as a convict and then on to Norfolk Island.
"The convict population was forcibly relocated to New Norfolk and the Norfolk Plains.
"We don't know what he did yet, but we're working on it."
Ms Fitzgerald said that the performances tried to articulate what life was like for the early settlers and convicts.
Details of the Heritage Festival can be obtained by logging on to www.nationaltrusttas.org.au and following the festival links.
Source: The Examiner Tuesday May 5, 2009
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