Event |
The Piccadilly Bushman
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Venue |
Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, VIC |
First Date |
12 September 1959 |
Opening Date |
12 September 1959 |
Last Date |
17 November 1959 |
Dates Estimated |
No |
Status |
Professional |
World Premiere |
Yes |
Part of a Tour |
Yes |
Description |
Three Act play. Ex-pat Australian actor Alec Ritchie returns from England to star in a commercial film version of a successful Australian novel. The experience provokes Alec's sense of expatriate rootlessness but he still returns to England.
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Description Source |
Other |
Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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Secondary Genre |
Comedy
Satire
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Subjects |
Australian National Identity
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Organisations |
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Contributors |
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Resources |
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Article:  John McCallum, The 'Doll' and the legend, Australasian Drama Studies, 3, 2, April 1985, 33 - 44
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Article:  Leonard Radic, Thoughts on the Australian theatre, Prospect, 3, 3, 1960, 17-19
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Book:  Adrian Kiernander, Bruce Parr, Jonathan Bollen, Men At Play: Masculinities in Australian Theatre since the 1950s, Rodopi, Amsterdam & New York, 2008
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Chapter:  Lindsey Browne, To slum or not to slum: trends in Australian playwriting, F.P. Publications, Sydney, 1960, 49-51
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Programme:  The Piccadilly Bushman, Flinders University, Library Special Collections
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Programme:  The Piccadilly Bushman, The University of Adelaide, Library Special Collections, 12 September 1959
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Programme:  The Piccadilly Bushman, The University of Adelaide, Library Special Collections, 12 September 1959
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Review:  Colin Bennett, New play by Ray Lawler brilliant - but fails in its high endeavor, The Age, 14 September 1959, 5
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Works |
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Text Nationality |
Australia
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Production Nationality |
Australia
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Event Status |
Completed
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Data Source |
Source |
Description |
Programme |
Programme for the Melbourne world premiere |
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Event Identifier
| 89086 |
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