y separately published work icon Pandora's Cross single work   musical theatre   - Two act rock opera
Issue Details: First known date: 1978... 1978 Pandora's Cross
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

Rock opera (or rock musical).

Follows a collection of King's Cross residents, who are attempting to prevent their homes from being destroyed by progress.

Production Details

  • First produced at the Paris Theatre, Sydney, 29 June 1978 and then at the Sydney Opera House where it closed after one week due to hostile audience reaction.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Serialised by: Theatre Australia 1976 periodical (77 issues)
      1978 .
      Note/s:
      • Serialised in two issues of Theatre Australia: Act One in Theatre Australia 3.2, 1978, pp.33-40; Act Two in Theatre Australia 3.3, 1978, pp.33-39.

Works about this Work

Air Throbs with High Hopes at First Show H. G. Kippax , 1978 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 1 July 1978; (p. 6) A Leader of His Craft : Theatre Reviews by H. G. Kippax 2004; (p. 217-219)

— Review of Pandora's Cross Dorothy Hewett , 1978 single work musical theatre
Air Throbs with High Hopes at First Show H. G. Kippax , 1978 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 1 July 1978; (p. 6) A Leader of His Craft : Theatre Reviews by H. G. Kippax 2004; (p. 217-219)

— Review of Pandora's Cross Dorothy Hewett , 1978 single work musical theatre
Last amended 4 Aug 2023 12:41:16
Subjects:
  • Kings Cross, Kings Cross area, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,
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