The Piccadilly Bushman

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Event The Piccadilly Bushman
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
Secondary Genre Comedy
Satire
Subjects Australian National Identity
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Aileen Britton Actor
Diana Davidson Actor
Guy Doleman Actor
Gordon Glenwright Actor
John Gray Actor
Alton Harvey Actor
John Huson Actor
Laurel Mather Actor
Don Pascoe Actor
William Rees Assistant Director
Desmonde Downing Designer
Ray Lawler Playwright
John McCallum Producer
Resources
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
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.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Marking Masculinity Project
Programme Dennis Wolanski Library collection at UNSW Library
Event Identifier 13137
Dataset AusStage