Waiting For Lefty

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Event Waiting For Lefty
Venue Central Hall, Fitzroy, VIC
First Date 11 August 1936
Opening Date 11 August 1936
Dates Estimated No
Status Pro-Am
World Premiere No
Description By Clifford Odets. Based on Left politics and unionism. "With its head-on union meeting scenes, its flash-backs into the homes of cab-drivers, and its action, whirling from stage to audience and back again".
Description Source Other
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Subjects Political
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Clifford Odets Playwright
Works
Further Information This was the first production by the Workers' Theatre Group in Melbourne. This group was the beginning of New Theatre in Melbourne. Information taken from The Companion to Theatre in Australia, ed. P. Parsons, Currency, 1995. No cast or production list available and therefore not entered.
Event Status Completed
Event Identifier 23500