Event |
Transit
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Venue |
New South Wales Conservatorium of Music, Sydney, NSW |
First Date |
9 July 1938 |
Last Date |
11 July 1938 |
Dates Estimated |
No |
Status |
Pro-Am |
World Premiere |
Yes |
Description |
From the novelette "Season of Celebration" by Albert Maltz. A one-act play adapted by Philip Stevenson. 'Transit' is an American play about the most abused sections of the unemployed in America. Performed alongside 'The Sword Sung at the Conservatorium of Music, Sydney, 9th and 11th July, 1938.
Scene: The Hotel Raleigh, on the Bowery, New York
Time: Winter |
Description Source |
Programme |
Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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Secondary Genre |
Drama
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Subjects |
Unemployment
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Organisations |
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Contributors |
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Resources |
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Collection:  ASIO files relating to New Theatre 1936-1965, State Library of NSW
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Collection:  Records of the Sydney New Theatre 1932-1990 ML MSS 6244, State Library of NSW
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Poster:  The Sword Sung – Transit, Sydney, NSW, National Library of Australia, 1938
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Review:  Frank Ryan, The Workers' Weekly, 1 July 1938, 4
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Review:  The Sword Sung and Transit, Sydney Morning Herald, 11 July 1938, 6
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Works |
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Text Nationality |
United States of America
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Production Nationality |
Australia
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Further Information |
This play was performed along-side "The Sword Sung" by Australian playwright Catherine Duncan. For further information see Event:12203. These two plays have been indexed separately. 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. Cast and crew, and play description taken fro
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Event Status |
Completed
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Data Source |
Source |
Description |
Programme |
Records of the Sydney New Theatre 1932-1990 ML MSS 6244, SLNSW |
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Event Identifier
| 22727 |
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