 Event |
Heartbreak House
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| Venue |
Metropolitan Theatre (1949-1956), Sydney, NSW |
| First Date |
15 December 1949 |
| Opening Date |
15 December 1949 |
| Last Date |
11 February 1950 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Pro-Am |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Description |
Without brilliant actors, Shaws "Heartbreak House" is bound to be a thoroughly exhausting play in a theatre, not because of the chastening and despairing things it has to say about a bankrupt war-making society, but because of its failure to convert into drama the ideas in its avalanches of pulpiteenng verbosity. |
| Description Source |
Reviewer's Opinion |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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| Secondary Genre |
Drama
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| Organisations |
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| Contributors |
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| Resources |
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Article: Column 8 [Heartbreak House], Sydney Morning Herald, 31 January 1950, 1
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Programme: Heartbreak House, Flinders University, Library Special Collections, December 1949
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Review: 'Heartbreak House' is a sound choice, Catholic Weekly, 29 December 1949, 5
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Review: Avalanches of Talk In Shaw Production, Sydney Morning Herald, 19 December 1949, 2
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| Works |
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| Text Nationality |
England
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| Production Nationality |
Australia
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Source |
| Source |
Description |
| Newspaper |
Avalanches of Talk In Shaw Production (1949, December 19). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 2. Retrieved August 3, 2017, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18145628 |
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| Event Identifier
| 72129 |
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