Event | 
					 Waiting for Lefty 
						
						
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				| Venue | 
				Workers' Art Club (1932-1943), Sydney, NSW | 
			
			
				
					| First Date | 
					
					2 July 1937 | 
				
			
				
					| Opening Date | 
					2 July 1937 | 
				
			
			
				| Dates Estimated | 
			
				No | 
			
			
				
					| Status | 
					
					Pro-Am | 
				
			
			
				| World Premiere | 
				
				Yes | 
			
			
			
				
					| Description | 
  					By Clifford Odets. Based on left politics and unionism. "With its head-on union meeting scenes, its flash-backs into the homes of cab-drivers, and its action, whirling from stage to audience and back again". | 
				
			
			
				| Primary Genre | 
				
				Theatre - Spoken Word
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					| Secondary Genre | 
					
					
					
						
						
							Drama
						
							
						 
						
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					| Subjects | 
					
					
					
						
							Political
						 
						
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					| 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. No cast or production list available (except Playwright) and therefore not entered. This play was performed along-side "Sub-Editor's Room" (see Event:22702)
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					| Event Status | 
					
					
					Completed
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					| Data Set | 
					AusStage | 
				
			
			
				
					| Event Identifier | 
					
					22704 | 
				
			
			
				
			
			
			
			
			
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