Event |
Thirty Pieces of Silver
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Venue |
New Theatre, Sydney (1943-1954), Sydney, NSW |
First Date |
10 March 1951 |
Opening Date |
10 March 1951 |
Dates Estimated |
No |
Status |
Pro-Am |
World Premiere |
No |
Description |
A political and pro-communist play written about the McCarthy era in America. A worker is accused of having links with a so-called (communist) traitor and loses his wife and servant when he decides to sign a false declaration of his involvement with the said traitor. |
Description Source |
Other |
Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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Secondary Genre |
Drama
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Subjects |
Political
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Organisations |
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Contributors |
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Text Nationality |
United States of America
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Production Nationality |
Australia
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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 programme.
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Event Status |
Completed
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Data Source |
Source |
Description |
Programme |
Dennis Wolanski Library collection at UNSW Library |
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Event Identifier
| 22007 |
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