Tilly Devine

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Event Tilly Devine
Venue Jane Street Theatre (1966-1981), Randwick, NSW
First Date 27 September 1972
Dates Estimated No
Status Unknown
World Premiere Yes
Description Set in Woolloomooloo, Sydney, in the mid 1940s, this play is about a buxom Cockney with a pungent tongue and persuasive fists. She has reigned for more than 25 years unchallenged as Queen of an empire of brothels, thugs, prostitutes (sex workers), thieves and sly grog merchants as well as complaint members of the police force and vice squad. She has earned the distinction of "Queen of the 'Loo" (Woolloomooloo" and "the Worst Woman in Sydney". the artificial values and hypocrisies which prevailed during WWII, the flourishing of corruption and graft, and with the respect for the law at an all-t
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Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Berwyn Lewis Playwright
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Australian Drama Project (UQ) Key TILLYDEBC
Event Identifier 117271