C. H. Willmott C. H. Willmott i(A90442 works by) (Organisation) assertion
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1 y separately published work icon The Player The Player (from Vol.1, no.7) 1903 Sydney : C. H. Willmott , 1903-1905 Z1212223 1903 periodical (3 issues) The magazine claimed to be 'the only purely theatrical paper in Australia, and can boast that every line in its columns contains matters of theatrical interest'. Those matters included profiles and pars on performers, critics, and performances; interviews; theatrical tit-bits; listings; short stories; and reviews of shows in Sydney theatres, Melbourne, and, later, New Zealand and London notes. It discussed censorship, copyright, and the etiquette of theatre-going (the matinee hat, talking during performances, leaving the theatre for too long during intervals). Its columnists recognised that 'the predominant public taste is not for the Drama, but for Musical Comedy or the music halls', and that 'the art of drama, the art which has been called the acme of all art, does not exist in Australia, and of local dramatists writing for the stage there is not one'. Nonetheless, it also recognised that 'Nowhere is amusement so cheap as in Australia, considering the high standard maintained in the productions'.
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