Six Men of Dorset

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Event Six Men of Dorset
Venue New Theatre, Sydney (1943-1954), Sydney, NSW
First Date 19 June 1948
Opening Date 19 June 1948
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".
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Subjects Colonial
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Jean Blue Actor
Elsie Dane Actor
Alan Herbert Actor
Paul Herlinger Actor
Leslie Horspol Actor
Patricia Jenkins Actor
Les Tanner Actor
Les Tanner Designer
Stanislav Polonski Director
Herbert Brooks Playwright
Miles Malleson Playwright
Text Nationality England
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information All information for this production was taken from The New Years, 1932 - The Plays, People and Events of Six Decades of Sydney's Radical New Theatre, New Theatre, 1992 and Wolanski programme.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme Dennis Wolanski Library collection at UNSW Library
Event Identifier 22052
Dataset AusStage