Rehearsal (with Bessie Bosch and Sub-Editor's Room)

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Event Rehearsal (with Bessie Bosch and Sub-Editor's Room)
Venue Workers' Art Club (1932-1943), Sydney, NSW
First Date 25 June 1939
Opening Date 25 June 1939
Dates Estimated No
Status Pro-Am
World Premiere No
Description A short play by Albert Maltz. This play portrays the conflict of a man's personal life and his life as a conscientious trade union organiser. This play was performed alongside Bessie Bosch (see Event 22880) and Sub-Editor's Room (see Event 22882). All plays have been indexed separately.

Note: "Rehearsal" is based on fact. In this play the audience becomes an eye witness to a dramatic incident which stirred to the quick the American Labor Movement during the last depression.

Scene: Backstage in a Labour Theatre during a rehearsal.
Description Source Programme
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Short Play
Subjects Political
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Victor Arnold Actor Chris
George Bouffler Actor Eugene
Charles Kitchener Actor Lee
Freda Lewis Actor Vera
Grayce Maxwell Actor Margaret
Kenyon McCarron Actor Lester
Cecile Milne Actor Charlotte
Robert Mitchell Actor Toots
Frank Newey Actor Jesse
Syd Polonsky Actor Art
Leslie Wiggins Actor George
Albert Maltz Playwright
Victor Arnold Producer
Resources
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 Director) and therefore not entered. Update: cast, crew, and play description found in programme and entered.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme Records of the Sydney New Theatre 1932-1990 ML MSS 6244, SLNSW
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 22881