 Event |
The Shifting Heart
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| Venue |
Elizabethan Theatre, Newtown, NSW |
| First Date |
4 October 1957 |
| Opening Date |
4 October 1957 |
| Last Date |
2 November 1957 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
Yes |
| Description |
About Clarry, an Australian who marries into an Italian immigrant family. Explores issues of racism in Australian society. |
| Description Source |
Other |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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| Secondary Genre |
Drama
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| Subjects |
Intercultural
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| Organisations |
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| Contributors |
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| Resources |
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Article: Bruce Grant, Another score for the Australian playwright, The Age, 12 October 1957, 19
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Article: Leo Kelly, Sceneshifters and The Shifting Heart, The Sun (NSW), 4 October 1957, 22
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Book: Adrian Kiernander, Bruce Parr, Jonathan Bollen, Men At Play: Masculinities in Australian Theatre since the 1950s, Rodopi, Amsterdam & New York, 2008
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Programme: The Shifting Heart, The Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust, 4 October 1957
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Review: B B, New aust. play 'superb theatre', The Daily Telegraph, 7 October 1957, 4
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Review: L B, Drama of migrants in Collingwood backyard, Sydney Morning Herald, 7 October 1957, 7
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Review: L B, New Benyon drama has premiere at Newtown, Sydney Morning Herald, 5 October 1957, 7
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Review: Elizabeth Riddell, A play with a moral, Daily Mirror, 7 October 1957, 7
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| Works |
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| Text Nationality |
Australia
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| Production Nationality |
Australia
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| Further Information |
Journalists' Club Play Award - first Prize. Observer (London) International Play AWard (third prize).
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Source |
| Source |
Description |
| Book |
Australian Drama Productions 1950 - 1969, Fryer Memorial Library, Occasional Publication No. 4 |
| Cast List |
National Library of Australia |
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| Data Set |
AusStage |
| Event Identifier |
19291 |
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