Programs, 1940s-1950s

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Content Summary:

1940s: Edna Spilsbury's Modern Theatre Players productions of Goodness, how sad!, Rebecca, The Merchant of Venice, a series of one act plays (1943), Ladies in waiting, (1944) The roundabout (1945) and Further orders (1945) and The Independent Theatre productions of The Inspector-General (1947), Measure for Measure (1948), The doughgirls(1948), The Winter's Tale (1949) and The Tempest (1949)

1950s: Productions by the John Alden Company (1950-1951) of The Tragedy of King Lear, Measure for Measure and The Merchant of Venice; 1952 productions by the Sydney Mercury Theatre of The twins and The comedy of errors; Arms and the man (1955); The love of four colonels; The Duenna(1956) and Cross section (nd)

Macquarie Award Presentation program, 1948, 1950-1952

Immediate source of acquisition:
The papers were donated by Ruth Cracknell in 1999, under the Cultural Gifts Program.

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Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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