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 |
| Dataset |
AusStage |
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