Sky Without Birds

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Event Sky Without Birds
Venue New Theatre, Sydney (1943-1954), Sydney, NSW
Umbrella Event Youth Carnival for Peace and Friendship 1952
First Date 15 March 1952
Opening Date 15 March 1952
Dates Estimated No
Status Pro-Am
World Premiere Yes
Description Drama set in the Australian outback centering on German Jewish traveller Heinrich.
A three-act drama from 1950 dealing with isolation and prejudice against postwar immigrants set on a Nullarbor Plain railway siding. Written the year Gray left the Communist party, Sky Without Birds is the first play she wrote rebutting party beliefs and giving primacy to individual morality. Nevertheless, Gray retained her concern for the underprivileged.
Description Source Website
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Subjects Australian National Identity
Immigration
Rural communities
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Laurence Booth Actor
Nan Davies Actor
John Evans Actor
William Flaus Actor
David Futcher Actor
Shirley Keane Actor
Reginald Lye Actor
Tom Posa Actor
Laurence Smith Actor
Norma Disher Costume Designer
Oriel Gray Playwright
Jerome Levy Producer
Les Tanner Set Designer
Stanley Bathgate Stage Manager
Evelyn Docker Stage Manager
Resources
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Book John McCallum, Belonging: Australian Playwriting in the 20th Century, Currency Press, Strawberry Hills, NSW, 2009
Programme PROMPT Collection, National Library of Australia
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 21294