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y separately published work icon Reedy River single work   musical theatre   - Three acts
Issue Details: First known date: 1953... 1953 Reedy River
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

Based on the shearer's strike of 1891, using folk-songs gathered by the actor John Gray.

Notes

  • Sound recording of original production also available.

Production Details

  • First produced by the Melbourne New Theatre, 11 March 1953. Hugely successful, it toured Australia and played to over 400,000 people.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:Heinemann Education Australia , 1970 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Reedy River : Historical Introduction, Ian Turner , single work criticism (p. vii-ix)
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First known date: 1953
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Related Works

y separately published work icon Songs From the Australian Musical Drama Reedy River Dick Diamond , David Milliss , John Meredith , Sydney : New Theatre , 1954 Z866237 1954 selected work lyric/song
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Works about this Work

What's a Man to Do? Images of Rural Australian Masculinities in Three Plays of the 1950s : Reedy River, The Bastard Country and Lola Montez Adrian Kiernander , 2005 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , April no. 46 2005; (p. 38-57) The article examines the features of masculinity as they appear in three plays from the 1950s set in rural Australia - an environment conventionally regarded as a place of authenticy for men - and discusses the uses to which these depictions of masculinity are put. The aims of the article are in part dramaturgical: 'to think about the relationship between the scripts of the plays and the time in which they were first performed, and to ask questions about how these plays worked in relation to changing possibilities for the performance of gender' (38).
Ned, Juanita and the Gang! John Thomson , 2003 single work criticism
— Appears in: National Library of Australia News , May vol. 13 no. 8 2003; (p. 3-6)
City and Bush in the Australian Theatre 1922-1988 Gareth Griffiths , 1992 single work criticism
— Appears in: Populous Places : Australian Cities and Towns 1992; (p. 31-47)
[Review] Reedy River Paul Herlinger , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , October no. 19 1991; (p. 128-132)
— Review of Reedy River Dick Diamond , 1953 single work musical theatre
The New Theatre at 50 Sees Art as a Weapon : Reedy River's OK Too Barry Oakley , 1982 single work
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 3 April 1982; (p. 47)
Up the Reedy Creek Rex Cramphorn , 1969 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 15 November vol. 91 no. 4679 1969; (p. 58)
— Review of Reedy River Dick Diamond , 1953 single work musical theatre
[Review] Reedy River Paul Herlinger , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , October no. 19 1991; (p. 128-132)
— Review of Reedy River Dick Diamond , 1953 single work musical theatre
Ned, Juanita and the Gang! John Thomson , 2003 single work criticism
— Appears in: National Library of Australia News , May vol. 13 no. 8 2003; (p. 3-6)
What's a Man to Do? Images of Rural Australian Masculinities in Three Plays of the 1950s : Reedy River, The Bastard Country and Lola Montez Adrian Kiernander , 2005 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , April no. 46 2005; (p. 38-57) The article examines the features of masculinity as they appear in three plays from the 1950s set in rural Australia - an environment conventionally regarded as a place of authenticy for men - and discusses the uses to which these depictions of masculinity are put. The aims of the article are in part dramaturgical: 'to think about the relationship between the scripts of the plays and the time in which they were first performed, and to ask questions about how these plays worked in relation to changing possibilities for the performance of gender' (38).
City and Bush in the Australian Theatre 1922-1988 Gareth Griffiths , 1992 single work criticism
— Appears in: Populous Places : Australian Cities and Towns 1992; (p. 31-47)
The New Theatre at 50 Sees Art as a Weapon : Reedy River's OK Too Barry Oakley , 1982 single work
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 3 April 1982; (p. 47)
Australian Drama and Theatre 1958 single work criticism
— Appears in: Current Affairs Bulletin , July vol. 22 no. 7 1958; (p. 115-128)
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Last amended 4 Apr 2019 09:13:16
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  • Riverina - Murray area, New South Wales,
  • 1891
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