Texts

y separately published work icon Entertaining Australia : An Illustrated History Katharine Brisbane (editor), Sydney : Currency Press , 1991 Z153014 1991 anthology criticism prose (taught in 5 units)

'Generously illustrated coffee table-format book which examines the development of Australian culture through a chronological presentation of the performing arts. It is a result of five years of the publisher's continuing Performing Arts in Australia project. The editor is the co-founder of Currency Press, a writer and theatre critic. Extensively indexed.' (Publication summary)

Description

Convict and colonial times; Williamsons and other commercial theatre activities; the Tivoli circuit and vaudeville; radio drama; amateur theatres and little theatres; government subsidy and State theatre companies; alternative theatre and the new wave, avant-garde performance; Aboriginal theatre; contemporary performance.

Assessment

Oral presentation 1125 words 25%

Essay 2250 words 50%

Group performance 1125 word equivalent 25%

Other Details

Offered in: 2011, 2010, 2009
Current Campus: Magill
Levels: Undergraduate
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