 Event |
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
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| Venue |
New Theatre, London, Greater London, England |
| First Date |
30 April 1957 |
| Opening Date |
30 April 1957 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Part of a Tour |
Yes |
| Description |
About a community of sugar cane-cutters from Queensland. |
| Description Source |
Reviewer's Opinion |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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| Organisations |
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| Contributors |
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| Resources |
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Article: "The Doll" Makes London History, The Age, 25 May 1957
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Article: Bruce Grant, London's Welcome to "The Doll", The Age, 2 May 1957, 5
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Article: Herbert Holman, A doll's life, The Bulletin, 4 December 1957, 7
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Article: London Hails Summer of 17th Doll, The Age, 2 May 1957, 1
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Programme: Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, 30 April 1957
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Review: R B M, 'Summer of the Seventeenth Doll', The Stage, 2 May 1957, 9
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Review: "Summer of the seventeenth doll", The Times, 1 May 1957
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Review: Harold Hobson, Up from Under, The Sunday Times, 5 May 1957, 21
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Review: Herbert Holman, "Summer of the seventeenth doll", The Bulletin, 15 May 1957, 24
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Review: John Trewin, Some of our guests, The Illustrated London News, 11 May 1957, 786
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Review: Kenneth Tynan, People as people, Observer (London), 5 May 1957, 15
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Review: Thomas Worsley, The arts and entertainment out back, New Statesman, 11 May 1957, 604
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| Works |
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| Text Nationality |
Australia
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| Production Nationality |
Australia
England
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| Further Information |
This was a very successful production and probably ran for 2 - 3 months at this venue. This production also won the Evening Standard Award for best play of 1957.
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Source |
| Source |
Description |
| Newspaper |
PROMPT Collection, National Library of Australia |
| Programme |
PROMPT Collection, National Library of Australia |
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| Data Set |
AusStage |
| Event Identifier |
14911 |
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