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Issue Details: First known date: 1960... 1960 When the Gravediggers Come
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A disparate group of Russian and Russian-Chinese characters face the coming of Communism to China in the late 1940s.

Source: 'Play Is Gripping', Australian Jewish News, 29 March 1963, p.2.

Production Details

  • Produced at the Emerald Hill Theatre, Melbourne, March 1963.

    Producer: Wal Cherry.

    Cast including David Kendall (Igor Shaw), Stewart Weller (Misha), and Dawn Klingberg (Tamara).

    Sources: 

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

      1960 .
      Extent: 1 v. various pagingsp.
      (Manuscript) assertion
      Note/s:
      • Manuscript alterations
      • An incomplete manuscript is bound at the back of the complete manuscript
      1960 .
      Extent: [90] leavesp.
      (Manuscript) assertion
      Note/s:
      • Various foliation
      • Three act play

Works about this Work

Australian Drama : The Outlook in 1967 Leslie Rees , 1967 single work criticism
— Appears in: Overland , Spring no. 37 1967; (p. 39-44)
Emerald Hill Produces 1962 Award-Winning Play 1963 single work biography interview
— Appears in: Theatregoer , March vol. 3 no. 1 1963; (p. 13)
Australian Drama : The Outlook in 1967 Leslie Rees , 1967 single work criticism
— Appears in: Overland , Spring no. 37 1967; (p. 39-44)
Emerald Hill Produces 1962 Award-Winning Play 1963 single work biography interview
— Appears in: Theatregoer , March vol. 3 no. 1 1963; (p. 13)
Last amended 3 Sep 2021 12:04:42
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    China,
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    East Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
  • 1949
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