The Chinese Lantern

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Event The Chinese Lantern
Venue Metropolitan Theatre (1949-1956), Sydney, NSW
First Date 8 June 1950
Last Date 22 July 1950
Dates Estimated Yes
Status Pro-Am
World Premiere No
Description The play, about a poor Chinese student who wants a world of peace in which to practice his art and then finds that art grows only from struggle and darkness and despair, is put together from the ever-so-quaint and delicate point of view of a Westerner whose understanding of the East is based on 'The Mikado," ' The Geisha," and all the fans and frail ceramics and little jade trinkets he might have seen in a London auction room.
Description Source Reviewer's Opinion
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Subjects China
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Jan Bennett Actor
Kevin Brennan Actor
Margaret Featherstone Actor
May Hollinworth Actor
James Marsh Actor
Lorna Orchard Actor
Owen Weingott Actor
Olive Pieremont Designer
Virginia Smith Designer
David Morgan Musical Advisor
Laurence Housman Playwright
Resources
Works
Text Nationality England
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Correspondence
Newspaper HOUSMAN PLAY (1950, June 12). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 9. Retrieved August 3, 2017, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18163994
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 72115