 Event |
The School for Scandal
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| Venue |
Tivoli Theatre (1932-1969), Sydney, NSW |
| Umbrella Event |
Old Vic Australian and New Zealand Tour 1948 |
| First Date |
29 June 1948 |
| Opening Date |
29 June 1948 |
| Last Date |
21 August 1948 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Part of a Tour |
Yes |
| Description |
A comedy by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. This tour consisted of three plays, The School For Scandal, Richard III and The Skin of Our Teeth. The tour covered Perth, Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane and Hobart, as well as Auckland, Dunedin and Wellington in New Zealand. |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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| Secondary Genre |
Comedy
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| Organisations |
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| Contributors |
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| Resources |
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Programme: The School for Scandal, Flinders University, Library Special Collections, 29 June 1948
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Programme: The School for Scandal, presented by the Old Vic Theatre Company at the Tivoli Theatre, Sydney, N.S.W., 1948, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, 1948
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| Works |
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| Further Information |
This play was staged in six blocks over 8 weeks. 29 June - 1 July, 9 - 13 July, 23rd and 24th July, 30 July - 3 August, 11th and 12th August and the 18th - 21st August 1948. The National Library holds official tour programmes, unidentified newspaper articles, photos and related ephemera for this tour. Individual programmes are also available and most entries have been indexed from these.
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Source |
| Source |
Description |
| Programme |
PROMPT Collection, National Library of Australia |
| Programme |
PROMPT Collection, National Library of Australia |
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| Data Set |
AusStage |
| Event Identifier |
20047 |
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