Event |
Collits' Inn
|
Venue |
Savoy Theatre, Sydney, NSW |
First Date |
5 December 1932 |
Opening Date |
5 December 1932 |
Last Date |
9 December 1932 |
Dates Estimated |
No |
Status |
Amateur |
World Premiere |
Yes |
Description |
"The first Australian historical musical play" |
Description Source |
Other |
Primary Genre |
Music Theatre
|
Secondary Genre |
Musical
Romantic
|
Subjects |
Bushrangers
Colonial
Convicts
Historical
Indigenous Australia
|
Contributors |
|
Resources |
-
Article:  Peter Fitzpatrick, Whose turn to shout? The crisis in Australian musical theatre today., Australasian Drama Studies, 38, April 2001, 16-28
-
Article:  The Daily, 23 November 1932, 2
-
Article:  The Daily, 8 September 1932, 2
-
Book:  Margaret Marshall, Simon Plant, Making a Song and Dance, Victorian Arts Centre Trust, Melbourne, 2004
-
Libretto:  Thomas Stuart Gurr, Varney Monk, Australia, Chappell, Sydney, The University of Queensland, Social Sc/Humanities Library, 1946, 3 pp.
-
Musical Score:  Varney Monk, 'Australia', song from the Australian musical play 'Collits' Inn', Chappell, Sydney, The University of Queensland, Social Sc/Humanities Library, 1946, 3 pp.
-
Review:  An Australian Opera. Beautiful Music in Collit's Inn., Sydney Morning Herald, 6 December 1932, 15
-
Review:  The Bulletin, 14 December 1932, 51
-
Review:  The Daily Telegraph, 24 November 1932, 7
-
Review:  The Sunday Sun and Guardian, 11 December 1932, 18
-
Review:  [Collits' Inn], The Sun (NSW), 6 December 1932, 15
|
Works |
|
Text Nationality |
Australia
|
Production Nationality |
Australia
|
Further Information |
This run preceeded the professional Melbourne premiere on 23 December 1933
|
Event Status |
Completed
|
Data Source |
Source |
Description |
Programme |
PROMPT Collection. National L:ibrary of Australia |
Book |
John McCallum, Belonging: Australian Playwriting in the 20th Century, Currency Press, Strawberry Hills, NSW, 2009 |
Australian Drama Project (UQ) |
COLLITSTG |
|
Event Identifier
| 25526 |
Provide feedback on Collits' Inn