 Event |
The Multi-Coloured Umbrella
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| Venue |
Theatre Royal (1875-1972), Sydney, NSW |
| First Date |
9 November 1957 |
| Opening Date |
1957 |
| Last Date |
11 December 1957 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
Yes |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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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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Article: Australian play bought, The Sun (NSW), 12 October 1957
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Article: J.C.W. out to beat the Trust, Pictorial Show, 28 October 1957
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Article: Josephine O'Neill, Her play makes stage history, Woman's Day, 11 November 1957, 3
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Article: She has a lot more to write, Pictorial Show, 18 November 1957
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Article: Womans' play on 'bookies' hits the jackpot, Pictorial Show, 4 November 1957
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Book: Adrian Kiernander, Bruce Parr, Jonathan Bollen, Men At Play: Masculinities in Australian Theatre since the 1950s, Rodopi, Amsterdam & New York, 2008
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Review: L B, 'Multi-coloured umbrella' opens at Royal, 11 November 1957, 5
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Review: L T, Play is a smash, Sun Herald, 10 November 1957
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Review: 'The Multi-coloured Umbrella', The Bulletin, 13 November 1957, 24
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Review: Elizabeth Riddell, Love at Bondi, Daily Mirror, 10 November 1957, 33
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Review: John Griffen-Foley, Last night's new play, Sunday Telegraph, 10 November 1957
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Review: Marguerite Birch, [The multi-coloured umbrella], The Australian Quarterly, December 1957, 134
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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 |
This play won the 1956 Playwrights' Advisory Board Play Competition, which was sponsored by the Sydney Journalists' Club. The programme contains brief biographies and photos. The complete cast was entered. (NB: Found in incorrect box. Correct box unable to be found. Programme thus archived in Theatre Royal, Sydney 1956 file.)
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Source |
| Source |
Description |
| Programme |
Dennis Wolanski Library collection at UNSW Library |
| Book |
John McCallum, Belonging: Australian Playwriting in the 20th Century, Currency Press, Strawberry Hills, NSW, 2009 |
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| Event Identifier |
15297 |
| Dataset |
AusStage |
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