Come to the Fair: First Programme 1930 of the T. O. Y. (Theatre of Youth)

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Event Come to the Fair: First Programme 1930 of the T. O. Y. (Theatre of Youth)
Venue Theatre of Youth, Sydney, NSW
First Date 12 April 1930
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description "The T.O.Y. is introducing to Australia a phase of the new and rapidly-growing movement in Europe and America to get back to the simplicity of stage art. Instead of relying for its appeal on realism in acting and setting, it seeks to awaken the imagination so that the audience is taking as active a part in the programme as the players themselves."

"Come to the Fair" Is the new and attractive programme at the Theatre of Youth. But before visitors are shown the fair, they are Introduced
to the characters of the village-the Sweet Young
Thing, the Vixen, the Brisk Widow, the Pedlar, and othe
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Youth Theatre
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Betty Rayner Director
Joan Rayner Director
Trevor Rayner Properties Master/Mistress
Resources
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Poster PROMPT Collection, National Library of Australia, digitised on Trove
Newspaper Sydney Morning Herald, Friday 11 April 1930, page 5, digitised on Trove
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 154144