Major Barbara

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Event Major Barbara
Venue Savoy Theatre, Sydney, NSW
First Date 1 April 1936
Opening Date 1 April 1936
Dates Estimated No
Status Pro-Am
World Premiere No
Description About poverty and what can and cannot be done to address the problem. Also explores the difficault relationship between the Salvation Army and big business in dealing with problems surrounding poverty.
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Comedy
Drama
Subjects Social Issues
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Edmund Allison Actor
Sylvia Arnold Actor
Victor Arnold Actor
Fred Brown Actor
George Constandine Actor
Joseph Evans Actor
Joan Fitzpatrick Actor
Marjorie Garraway Actor
Ethel Holmes Actor
Clifton Mossop Actor
Tess Nicholas Actor
Jack O'Lean Actor
Desmond Rowan Actor
Edgar Yardley Actor
George Bernard Shaw Playwright
Jerold Wells Producer
Leila Rogers
Resources
Works
Text Nationality England
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. Cast and production list from Sydney Morning Herald.
Event Status Completed
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 22657