y separately published work icon A Toast to Melba single work   musical theatre  
Issue Details: First known date: 1976... 1976 A Toast to Melba
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form y separately published work icon A Toast to Melba Jack Hibberd , ( dir. Alan Burke ) Australia : ABC Television , 1980 Z1668510 1980 single work film/TV

Production Details

  • First produced at Theatre 62, Adelaide by The Australian Performing Group as part of the 1976 Adelaide Festival of Arts. Also produced for ABC TV, 1980 and shown on BBC TV, England, 1982.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Three Popular Plays Jack Hibberd , Collingwood : Outback Press , 1976 Z392336 1976 selected work drama musical theatre Collingwood : Outback Press , 1976
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      Extent: [2] 50 leavesp.
      Description: Typescript (photocopy).
      (Manuscript) assertion

      Holdings

      Held at: University of Queensland University of Queensland Library Fryer Library
      Local Id: H1983

Works about this Work

Australia and China at 50 : The New Wave Theatre and the Drama of Cultural Exchange Anne Pender , 2022 single work criticism
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , vol. 46 no. 4 2022; (p. 482-495)

'2022 marks the 50th anniversary of the opening up of relations between Australia and the People’s Republic of China. When he became prime minister in 1972, Gough Whitlam sent the first ambassador to China (Dr Stephen Fitzgerald), and in his term of office established support for artists’ exchanges from the Australia Council. The Australian Ballet visited China in 1980, the first major ballet company to tour since the Cultural Revolution. The touring of China by Australian theatre, opera and dance companies has flourished since then, particularly over the last decade, and Australian spoken-word drama has featured in the relationship between the two countries since 1983. Since the 1980s, the work of the New Wave dramatists has captured the interest of Chinese audiences over a sustained period beyond the years of the New Wave itself. The theatre has, in some respects, provided a respite from the rigours of realpolitik and most importantly a means of genuine interaction between ordinary Australians and Chinese citizens who make up the audiences. This article documents the take-up of the New Wave drama in China, and the legacy of the relationships created in this formative period of Australian theatre in its international context.' (Publication abstract)

y separately published work icon Jack Hibberd Paul McGillick , Amsterdam : Rodopi , 1988 Z117642 1988 selected work criticism biography interview
Untitled J. Waites , 1984 single work review
— Appears in: The National Times , 25-31 May 1984; (p. 32)

— Review of A Toast to Melba Jack Hibberd , 1976 single work musical theatre
Untitled H. G. Kippax , 1984 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 11 May 1984; (p. 10)

— Review of A Toast to Melba Jack Hibberd , 1976 single work musical theatre
Untitled E. Perkins , 1980 single work review
— Appears in: Theatre Australia , vol. 4 no. 12 1980; (p. 34-35)

— Review of A Toast to Melba Jack Hibberd , 1976 single work musical theatre
Hibberd Bolt & Hellman Sandra Roe , 1976 single work review
— Appears in: Artlook , July vol. 2 no. 6 1976; (p. 33)

— Review of A Toast to Melba Jack Hibberd , 1976 single work musical theatre
A Toast to Melba Donald Batchelor , 1976 single work review
— Appears in: Theatre Australia , October-November vol. 1 no. 3 1976; (p. 15)

— Review of A Toast to Melba Jack Hibberd , 1976 single work musical theatre
Untitled Katharine Brisbane , 1976 single work review
— Appears in: Theatre Australia , November-December vol. 1 no. 4 1976; (p. 21-22)

— Review of A Toast to Melba Jack Hibberd , 1976 single work musical theatre
Untitled Rita Erlich , 1976 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Jewish News , 9 April 1976; (p. 21)

— Review of A Toast to Melba Jack Hibberd , 1976 single work musical theatre
Untitled A. Jute , 1976 single work review
— Appears in: Nation Review , 26 March-1 April 1976; (p. 599)

— Review of A Toast to Melba Jack Hibberd , 1976 single work musical theatre
Jack Hibberd Jennifer Palmer (interviewer), 1979 single work interview
— Appears in: Contemporary Australian Playwrights 1979; (p. 120-136)
Jack Hibberd Peter Fitzpatrick , 1979 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: After 'The Doll' : Australian Drama Since 1955 1979; (p. 129-144)
Revaluing Australian Legends : Some Plays by Jack Hibberd Peter Pierce , 1978 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 8 no. 3 1978; (p. 342-350) Contemporary Australian Drama : Perspectives Since 1955 1981; (p. 242-253)
y separately published work icon Jack Hibberd Paul McGillick , Amsterdam : Rodopi , 1988 Z117642 1988 selected work criticism biography interview
Pushing the Pram Lindzee Smith , 1976 single work diary
— Appears in: Theatre Australia , August-September vol. 1 no. 1 1976; (p. 38-40)
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