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1 5 y separately published work icon Australis; Or, The City of Zero : A Spectacle of a Hundred Years Hence The City of Zero J. C. Williamson , Bernard Espinasse , Leon Caron (composer), Frederick Weierter (composer), Sydney : J. Andrew , 1900 Z859896 1900 single work musical theatre science fiction fantasy Written especially for Federation, the story is a fantasy set 100 years in the future - the year 2000 - after a war of the world has wreaked havoc on the planet. Only Australia has escaped the devastation. The country is being run badly by an ex-Trade Union leader, however. The Boss, as he likes to be called, is about to annex the City of Zero, which is located at the South Pole, and ruled by an evil wizard, Azeemath. The play begins as the Queen of Antarctica, Dione, arises from one hundred years sleep in a petrified condition. A legend has foretold that when she loves a mortal that the wizard's powers must forever pass away. The wizard of course has his own plan to counter this.... But this is doomed to fail when Dione drinks from the magic pool, and true to its legend falls in love with the first person she sees - Valentine.

[Source: Australian Variety Theatre Archive]
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