 Event |
Typically English
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| Venue |
Community Playhouse, Darlinghurst, NSW |
| Umbrella Event |
Original Dramatic Sketches |
| First Date |
13 August 1931 |
| Last Date |
20 August 1931 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Amateur |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Description |
represented the reading of the scenario of a talkie at Hollywood. The director, with two American actors, and a young Englishman as "technical adviser," was attempting to produce a talkie, which should display the remunerative characteristics of a talkie "typically English." King John at Runnymede was to be the central figure, and the actors represented the barons and leading personages of the period. Having had It explained to them that "Maggie Carter" was not the person whom they thought she was, the Hollywood actors found themselves involved in New South Wales politics, and when Lang(don) advised King John to secure the revenue that he required by borrowing £500,000 from his Loan Council, and then repudiating it |
| Description Source |
Reviewer's Opinion |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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| Secondary Genre |
One Act Plays
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| Subjects |
British people
North Americans
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| Related Events |
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| Contributors |
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| Resources |
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| Works |
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| Text Nationality |
Australia
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| Production Nationality |
Australia
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| Further Information |
Two performances on dates indicated.
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Source |
| Source |
Description |
| Australian Drama Project (UQ) |
Key TYPICALEE |
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| Data Set |
AusStage |
| Event Identifier |
88093 |
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