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Issue Details: First known date: 2022... 2022 The New Theatre : The People, Plays and Politics behind Australia's Radical Theatre
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Carlton, Parkville - Carlton area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,:Interventions Incorporated , 2022 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The International Context, Angela O'Brien , single work essay
Communism Stage Left: the Political Influences, Gabriela Zabala , single work essay
Purpose and Passion : Melbourne New Theatre 1935-2000, Angela O'Brien , single work essay
Sydney New Theatre, Lyn Collingwood , single work essay
Rural Radical Theatre : The Newcastle NTL 1937-40, Laura Ginters , single work essay
Red Hot Up North: The Brisbane New Theatre, Connie Healy , single work essay
Fomenting Revolution in Perth, Charlie Fox , single work essay
Adelaide New Theatre, Peter Douglas , single work essay
Political Theatre and the State: Melbourne and Sydney, 1936-1953, Phillip Deery , Lisa Milner , single work criticism
'For much of the twentieth century, branches of the New Theatre in Australia presented left-wing theatre within a culture that was resistant to their ideas. A novel mix of conventional theatre forms, experimental performative styles, agitational propaganda and Communist theories of 'art as a weapon' produced theatre that was responsive to international issues, infused with social comment, and oppositional in orientation. The larger Melbourne and Sydney branches of the New Theatre, on which this article focuses, attracted the attention of governments and security services anxious about the 'insidious' influence of left-wing workers' theatre. The article explores the various attempts to monitor, censor and silence the Melbourne and Sydney branches of New Theatre from 1936 to 1953, and suggests that the state circumscribed but did not cripple the groups' contribution to the development of a radical cultural activist tradition in Australia.' (Publication summary)
Them Songs Are Dangerous' : Antifascism, Antisemitism and Jewish Connections, Max Kaiser , Cathy Brigden , single work essay
Sydney New Theatre : Give Peace a Chance, Lyn Collingwood , single work essay
Sydney New Theatre : The Fight for Equality, Lyn Collingwood , single work essay
No Handmaidens Here : Women, Volunteering and Gender Dynamics, Lisa Milner , Cathy Brigden , single work essay
Brave Red Witches : Communist Women, Identity and the New Theatre, Susan Pfisterer , Carolyn Pickett , single work criticism
Radical Theatre on the Move in the UK and Australia, Cathy Brigden , Lisa Milner , single work essay
Workers' Struggles on Stage, Lisa Milner , Cathy Brigden , single work essay
The Glen Davis 'Stay-In' Strike : 'Sydney Actors Make History', Cathy Brigden , Lisa Milner , single work essay
A 'Great Anti-War Play', Lisa Milner , single work essay
A Musical as Warm as a Handshake, Lisa Milner , single work essay
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