Event |
The Piccadilly Bushman
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Venue |
Theatre Royal (1875-1972), Sydney, NSW |
First Date |
21 November 1959 |
Opening Date |
21 November 1959 |
Last Date |
16 January 1960 |
Dates Estimated |
No |
Status |
Professional |
World Premiere |
No |
Part of a Tour |
Yes |
Description |
Ex-pat Australian actor Alec Ritchie returns from England to star in a commercial film version of a successful Australian novel. The experience provokes Alec's sense of expatriate rootlessness but he still returns to England. |
Description Source |
Other |
Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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Secondary Genre |
Comedy
Satire
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Subjects |
Australian National Identity
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Organisations |
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Contributors |
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Resources |
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Review:  L B, New Lawler play opens at Royal, Sydney Morning Herald, 23 November 1959, 6
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Review:  Elizabeth Riddell, Lawler not up to par, Daily Mirror, 23 November 1959, 9
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Review:  John Griffen-Foley, An exciting play full of ideas, Sunday Telegraph, 22 November 1959, 23
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Works |
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Text Nationality |
Australia
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Production Nationality |
Australia
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Further Information |
Sourced from advertisement in programme for The Independent Theatre's production of Miller's View From the Bridge. Billed 'New Play' but likely to have had earlier Melbourne season.
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Event Status |
Completed
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Data Source |
Source |
Description |
Marking Masculinity Project |
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Programme |
Dennis Wolanski Library collection at UNSW Library |
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Event Identifier
| 13137 |
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