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Resource	Text: Article
Title	The Australian Theatre
Abstract/Description	[includes a sketch of the theatre] The New Australia Theatre opens in Newtown with a special premiere night on November 5, supported by eminent actors like Barrie Ingham, Gordon Chater, Ron Haddrick, Ruth Cracknell, Ben Gabriel, June Collis, Don Reid and others. It will be the first permanent national home for Australian playwrights: intended as a showcase for Australian drama, a flow-on theatre for the best tried out elsewhere. This theatre project arose from the work of the Mews Playhouse, a try-out theatre in Centennial Park where new plays have been performed for two years past by professional actors and directors in rehearsed readings. The shortage of venues for continuous production for Australian plays became obvious.
Related Events	Aurora Australis, The Australian Theatre, Newtown, NSW, 5 November 1972
Related Contributors	Amy McGrath
Related Venues	The Australian Theatre, Newtown, NSW The Mews Playhouse, Centennial Park, NSW
Source	Tharunka, Student's Union of the University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW, 1953
Item URL	http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article228115023
Page	14
Date Issued	1 November 1972
Language	English
Citation	The Australian Theatre, Tharunka, 1 November 1972, 14
Data Set	AusStage
Resource Identifier	65508