 Event |
Chinese Celebration
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| Venue |
Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, VIC |
| First Date |
17 November 1940 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Description |
In celebration of the birthday of Dr. Sun Yat Sen, and of the forthcoming first Chinese People's Congress, the Australia-China Co-operation Movement held an entertainment before a packed audience at the Comedy Theatre. Professor R. M. Crawford presided, and addresses were given by the Consul-General for China (Dr. C. J. Pao), the vice-consul (Mr W. Y. Tsao), Mr I. Milner (lecturer) and Mr. J. F. Chapple (Victorian Railways Union). The speeches were preceded by a pageant of Chinese historical beauties, and a dramatic sketch, Chinese Road, by Vance Palmer, and acted by the New Theatre Group. |
| Primary Genre |
Other
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| Organisations |
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| Contributors |
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| Resources |
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Source |
| Source |
Description |
| Newspaper |
The Age, 18 November 1940, p. 8, digitised on Trove |
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| Data Set |
AusStage |
| Event Identifier |
168164 |
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