Thirty Pieces of Silver

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Event Thirty Pieces of Silver
Venue New Theatre, Sydney (1943-1954), Sydney, NSW
First Date 10 March 1951
Opening Date 10 March 1951
Dates Estimated No
Status Pro-Am
World Premiere No
Description A political and pro-communist play written about the McCarthy era in America. A worker is accused of having links with a so-called (communist) traitor and loses his wife and servant when he decides to sign a false declaration of his involvement with the said traitor.
Description Source Other
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Subjects Political
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Robert Bell Actor
David Futcher Actor
Patricia Hill Actor
Patricia Morley Actor
Robert Bell Designer
John Armstrong Director
Howard Fast Playwright
Text Nationality United States of America
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information All information for this production was taken from The New Years, 1932 - The Plays, People and Events of Six Decades of Sydney's Radical New Theatre, New Theatre, 1992, and programme.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme Dennis Wolanski Library collection at UNSW Library
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 22007