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2 1 y separately published work icon Pandora's Cross Dorothy Hewett , Ralph Tyrrell (composer), 1978 Z1113785 1978 single work musical theatre

Rock opera (or rock musical).

Follows a collection of King's Cross residents, who are attempting to prevent their homes from being destroyed by progress.
1 Childhead's Doll William Yang , Ralph Tyrrell (composer), 1971 single work musical theatre

Rock opera.

Childhead's remarkable life-size doll is stolen by the Black Prince Evelyn: Childhead, in company with a clown, the clown's apprentice, and an angel, searches for the doll. Childhead loses his soul and the doll is destroyed, but a new doll is formed from the smoke of the old one and Childhead's cast-off soul.

Sources include:

Cramphorne, Rex. 'Old Means, New Ways, New Vitality', The Bulletin, 6 March 1971, p.43.

'The Dawning of the Age of Rock Musicals and Pop Operas in Australia', ABC Radio National, 15 February 2015.
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