y separately published work icon Vot Rosinski Say single work   drama   sketch (theatrical)   humour  
Alternative title: Rosinski; The End of the World
Issue Details: First known date: 1922... 1922 Vot Rosinski Say
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Comic sketch.

Described in advertising as 'a Hebrew farce [that will] make you laugh until you positively weep, and then laugh again' (Argus 18 March 1922, p.26), and reviewed as a 'satire on puritan meanness (Daily News 16 April 1923, n. pag.).

The program for the 1927-1928 Adelaide season (Garden Theatre) records that 'Side-splitting laughter is a hackneyed phrase, but it is an apt description of the condition of the audience during its enactment. Several bottles of rum, a Lancashire Tommy and three Diggers' (Pat Hanna Collection).

Production Details

  • 1922: St Kilda Esplanade, Melbourne, 16-22 March. Director/Producer Pat Hanna ; Troupe The Famous Diggers ; Cast incl. Pat Hanna.

    1923: Queen's Hall, Perth, 14-20 April. Director/Producer Pat Hanna ; Troupe The Famous Diggers ; Cast incl. Pat Hanna.

    1927/1928: Garden Theatre, Adelaide, (no details: program cited in Pat Hanna Collection). Director/Producer Pat Hanna ; Troupe Pat Hanna's Diggers ; Cast incl. Pat Hanna.

  • This entry has been sourced from on-going historical research into Australian popular theatre being conducted by Professor Richard Fotheringham and Dr Clay Djubal.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 1922
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      (Manuscript) assertion

      Holdings

      Held at: Performing Arts Museum Research Library
      Local Id: 2001.025
      Note:
      Pat Hanna Collection
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