 Event |
Pygmalion
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| Venue |
Memorial Hall, Yass, NSW |
| Umbrella Event |
Arts Council tour |
| First Date |
4 April 1955 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Part of a Tour |
Yes |
| Description |
The first of the Arts Council's presentations for the 1955 season will be the Independent Theatre Company's presentation of "Pygmalion." This will be staged in the Memorial Hall on Monday, April 4, and there will be a matinee of "Midsummer Night's Dream" for children of primary and secondary schools.
Produced by Doris Fitton, "Pygmalion" is one of Bernard Shaw's
most famous plays and one which lives in the hearts of the theatre going public.
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| Description Source |
Article |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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| Secondary Genre |
Comedy
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| Subjects |
Education
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| Organisations |
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| Contributors |
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| Works |
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| Text Nationality |
England
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| Production Nationality |
Australia
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| Further Information |
New South Wales country tour. Programme also gives brief notes on the Arts Council's 'Travelling Theatre Unit', lists coming rural events and gives brief biographies of the cast. The complete cast was not entered. Double bill with A Midsummer Night's Dream.
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Source |
| Source |
Description |
| Programme |
Dennis Wolanski Library collection at UNSW Library |
| Newspaper |
“PYGMALION” FOR YASS. (1955, February 24). Yass Tribune-Courier (NSW : 1929 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved July 15, 2018, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article248217939 |
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| Data Set |
AusStage |
| Event Identifier |
13033 |
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