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The Miners Speak single work   drama   - One act
Issue Details: First known date: 1938... 1938 The Miners Speak
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A short agitational play about the dangers of mining, the exploitation of miners and the consequences for their families, calling for strike to improve to miners' rights. 

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form y separately published work icon The Miners Speak Betty Roland , New South Wales Australian Capital Territory : 1938 16395863 1938 single work radio play

A short agitational radio play about the dangers of mining, the exploitation of miners and the consequences for their families, calling for strike to improve to miners' rights. 

Production Details

  • 1938: New Theatre League, Pitt Street, Sydney; 2 October

    • Producer: New Theatre League
    • Attended by W. Orr, general secretary of the Miners' Federation, who praised the play and made an appeal for the audience to contribute funds for the miners

    Source: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/236416057


    1938: The Domain, Sydney; 9 October

    • Producer: New Theatre League

    Source: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/211829944

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Communist Review vol. 5 no. 11 November 1938 Z610288 1938 periodical issue 1938 pg. 33-36
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