 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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| Data Set |
AusStage |
| Event Identifier |
89086 |
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