Event |
Six Men of Dorset
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Venue |
New South Wales Conservatorium of Music, Sydney, NSW |
Umbrella Event |
Sesqui Centenary Production |
First Date |
12 April 1938 |
Opening Date |
12 April 1938 |
Last Date |
13 April 1938 |
Dates Estimated |
No |
Status |
Pro-Am |
World Premiere |
No |
Description |
"Six Men of Dorset is a powerfully sincere and moving drama of six heroes in chains who were falsely convicted and sentenced to seven years transportation to Australia for forming a Trade Union".
"The play opens in the early Thirties of last century, when the Trade Union Movement in England was beginning to make itself felt." |
Description Source |
Flyer/Poster |
Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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Subjects |
Colonial
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Organisations |
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Contributors |
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Resources |
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Further Information |
New Theatre League production. Authors, director and designers taken from The New Years 1932 - . The Plays, People and Events of Six Decades of Sydney's Radical New Theatre, New Theatre, 1992. Cast, crew, and play description taken from programme (SLNSW New Theatre Records).
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Event Status |
Completed
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Data Source |
Source |
Description |
Programme |
Six Men of Dorset programme for the 12/04/1938 production. Found in the Records of the Sydney New Theatre 1932-1990 ML MSS 6244. |
Flyer |
Dennis Wolanski Library collection at UNSW Library |
Flyer |
PROMPT Collection, National Library of Australia |
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Event Identifier
| 21309 |
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