Australian theatre, modernism and Patrick White : governing culture / Denise Varney and Sandra D'Urs...
Australian theatre, modernism and Patrick White : governing culture / Denise Varney and Sandra D'Urs...
Australian theatre, modernism and Patrick White : governing culture / Denise Varney and Sandra D'Urso.
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Publisher
London, UK ; New York, NY : Anthem Press, an imprint of Wimbledon Publishing Company, [2018]
Call Numbers
H 2018/4493
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Language
English
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Physical content
viii, 119 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
The archive, governance and sovereignty -- "Words fail me": the Ham Funeral and the 1962 Adelaide Festival -- Night on Bald Mountain and the 1964 Adelaide Festival -- The "clowns" who "cling to the past": sovereign decision and the practice of exclusion -- The sovereignty of the plays and opportunit...
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Publisher
London, UK ; New York, NY : Anthem Press, an imprint of Wimbledon Publishing Company, [2018]
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
[2018]
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"The book details the rejection of two Patrick White plays by the Adelaide Arts Festival in Australia in the early 1960s: The Ham Funeral and Night on Bald Mountain. The press referred to the former as 'l'affaire 'Ham Funeral'' and the latter was greeted with 'here we go again'"-- Provided by publisher.
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Full title
Australian theatre, modernism and Patrick White : governing culture / Denise Varney and Sandra D'Urso.
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Notes
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Anthem studies in theatre and performance
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Call Numbers
H 2018/4493
Record Identifier
74VKVQWvpWMg
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVQWvpWMg
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ISBN
1783088354 (hardback : alk. paper)
9781783088355 (hardback : alk. paper)
DDC
792.09940904
MMS ID
991024197318502626
