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Entertaining Australia : An Illustrated History
Katharine Brisbane
(editor),
Sydney
:
Currency Press
,
1991
Z153014
1991
anthology
criticism
prose
(taught in 5 units)
'Generously illustrated coffee table-format book which examines the development of Australian culture through a chronological presentation of the performing arts. It is a result of five years of the publisher's continuing Performing Arts in Australia project. The editor is the co-founder of Currency Press, a writer and theatre critic. Extensively indexed.' (Publication summary)
Description
Convict and colonial times; Williamsons and other commercial theatre activities; the Tivoli circuit and vaudeville; radio drama; amateur theatres and little theatres; government subsidy and State theatre companies; alternative theatre and the new wave, avant-garde performance; Aboriginal theatre; contemporary performance.
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2009
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Undergraduate
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