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Issue Details:
First known date:
1946...
no.
8
August
1946
of
Angry Penguins Broadsheet
est. 1946
Angry Penguins Broadsheet
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Notes
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Cover art and photograghs inside are details of Degas' wax statuette Ballet Dancer, Dressed (1880).
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Includes George Woodcock's response to Max Brown's 'A Tilt At Woodcock'.
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'The Critical Eye' section also includes uncredited reviews of the film Scarlet Street (1945) and of a illustrated pornographic book from New Zealand's Pelorous Press. John R. Holdsworth and R. Da Capo review Melbourne concerts by Eugene Goossens and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
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'Broadsheet Broadsides' includes correspondence on the Broadsheet's assessment of the English literary scene, response to Clive Turnbull's Herald review of an Edward Heffernan exhibition and mention of new Canadian literary quarterly Northern Review.
Contents
* Contents derived from the 1946 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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Introducing "Nightwood",
single work
criticism
(p. 5-6)This was planned as the first in a series of articles on Djuna Barnes' Nightwood. The intention was to 'achieve a wide set of reactions to significant modern works'.
- April, the Barbarism of Springi"The Persian maidens are dancing in the tides.", single work poetry (p. 7)
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The Naked "Truth",
single work
(p. 10-11)Crossland attacks the language of gossip columnists.
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Morons, Aesthetes and Politicos,
single work
criticism
(p. 11-12)Dunstan laments the state of theatre in Australia.
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Valuations: William Hart-Smith,
single work
review
— Review of The Unceasing Ground : Poems 1946 selected work poetry ; (p. 12-13) -
University Undergraduates' Acting,
single work
review
(p. 13)This is a review of the Adelaide University Students' Theatre Group production of English playwright Ashley Dukes' The Man With a Load of Mischief.
- The Lost Weekend, single work review (p. 14)
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