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University of Wollongong Research Online Theatre Australia 8-1979 Theatre Australia: Australia's magazine of the performing arts 4(1) August 1979 Robert Page Editor Lucy Wagner Editor Follow this and additional works at: http://ro.uow.edu.au/theatreaustralia Recommended Citation Page, Robert and Wagner, Lucy, (1979), Theatre Australia: Australia's magazine of the performing arts 4(1) August 1979, Theatre Publications Ltd., New Lambton Heights, 58p. http://ro.uow.edu.au/theatreaustralia/33 Research Online is the open access institutional repository for the University of Wollongong. For further information contact the UOW Library: [email protected] Theatre Australia: Australia's magazine of the performing arts 4(1) August 1979 Description Contents: Departments: 2 Comment 3 Quotes and Queries 5 Whispers, Rumours and Facts 6 Letters 46 Guide — Theatre, Opera, Dance Spotlight: 7 Carol Burns — Suzanne Spunner 8 Youthful Dancers Make Box-Office Waves — David K Wheatley 9 Cooke’s Cordon Bleu Tours — Ray Stanley 10 Theatre of the Deaf— Ian Watson Features: 11 A-Polo Gies for MTCee-ats — Barry Dickins 12 From Theatre to Film — Christine Schofield 14 Sydney's Lost Theatres Part One — Ross Thorne 17 TA Enquiry: Big Business and the Arts Pt 2 — Do we need A. R. T.S. 35 Writer’s View: Roger Pulvers 37 Children’s Theatre: Children in Children's Theatre International: 33 Dances of Death in London — Irving Wardle Opera: 39 Three AO openings; QLO duo; and Seymour single — David Gyger Dance: 41 Wildstars — William Shoubridge Theatre Reviews: 19 ACT Wind in the Willows — Marguerite Wells A Handful of Friends — Marguerite Wells 21 NSW Tribute — John McCallum From Laughing About the World to Living with the World/ The Caucasian Chalk Circle/Galileo — Mick Rodger How Sleep the Brave — Anthony Barclay 25 QLD Gone with Hardy/Travesties — Richard Fotheringham A Man for all Seasons/The eM rry Wives of Windsor — Jeremy Ridgr 27 SA Departmental — Guthrie Worby 28 VIC Miss Julie — Jack Hibberd Uncle Vanya — Garrie Hutchinson 30 WA Three Sisters/Gay Plays — Collin O’Brien Film: 43 Dimboola/Sydney Film Fest — Elizabeth Riddell Books: 45 The orldW of Theatre, Wit and Williams — John McCallum 48 Thespia’s Prize Crossword No. 14 Publisher Theatre Publications Ltd., New Lambton Heights, 58p This serial is available at Research Online: http://ro.uow.edu.au/theatreaustralia/33 Australia’s magazine of the performing arts August 1979 $1.95 lliealie Australiamam 7 ^ne Thoatro 11a PI - A u s t m S a W B ^ ' * * ' 1« ; # *j~~ “■ "jSr ~ £ g “u . |;% —^- y;.:g| - jTss^jsti.B # . ur- BB Vlfeirw : m lL■^8> -\ . 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Departments: 2 Comment 3 Quotes and Queries 5 Whispers, Rumours and Facts 6 Letters 46 Guide — Theatre, Opera, Dance Spotlight: 7 Carol Burns — Suzanne Spunner 8 Youthful Dancers Make Box-Office Waves — David K Wheatley 9 Cooke’s Cordon Bleu Tours — Ray Stanley 10 Theatre o f the Deaf— Ian Watson Theatrical suicide other comic matters... P. 11 Features: 11 A-Polo Gies fo r MTCee-ats — Barry Dickins 12 From Theatre to Film — Christine Schofield 14 Sydney's Lost Theatres Part One — Ross Thorne 17 TA Enquiry: Big Business and the Arts Pt 2 — Do we need A. R. T.S. 35 Writer’s View: Roger Pulvers 37 Children’s Theatre: Children in Children's Theatre International: 33 Dances o f Death in London — Irving Wardle Opera: 39 Three AO openings; QLO duo; and Seymour single — David Gyger Dance: 41 Wildstars — William Shoubridge Theatre Reviews: 19 ACT Wind in the Willows — Marguerite Wells From Theatre to Film. P. 13 A Handful o f Friends — Marguerite Wells 21 NSW Tribute — John McCallum From Laughing About the World to Living with the World/ The Caucasian Chalk Circle/Galileo — Mick Rodger How Sleep the Brave — Anthony Barclay 25 QLD Gone with Hardy/Travesties — Richard Fotheringham A Man for all Seasons/The Merry Wives o f Windsor — Jeremy Ridgr 27 SA Departmental — Guthrie Worby 28 VIC Sydney’s Lost Theatres. P.14 Miss Julie — Jack Hibberd Uncle Vanya — Garrie Hutchinson 30 WA Three Sisters/Gay Plays — Collin O’Brien Film: 43 Dimboola/Sydney Film Fest — Elizabeth Riddell Books: 45 The World of Theatre, Wit and Williams — John McCallum 48 Thespia’s Prize Crossword No. 14 Wildstars: William Shoubridge’s dance review. P.41. Dimboola: pretty basic. P.43 TTiealre Australia Editor: Robert Page Executive Editor: Lucy Wagner Ed. Assi. Ardyne Reid Happy Birthday To Us Artist: Henry Cho Advisory Board: Martin Sharp’s splendid cover for our birthday after a twenty year gap reaching Broadway — John Bell, Graeme Blundell, Ellen Braye, issue is as luring an invitation to the delights of though neither lasted long. Katharine Brisbane, Vivian Chalwyn, Gordon Chater, John Clark, Michael Crosby, W.A. TA as his clown’s face is for the fairground fun If the State theatres look increasingly stolid, Enright, Jack Hibberd, Ken Horler, Garrie of Luna Park. the first city second companies seem to be in a Hutchinson, Robert Jordan, Philip Mason, Stan The magazine’s very existence is as bold as the better position than ever to keep them on their Marks, Jake Newby, Phil Noyce, Raymond primary colours of the design; its unequalled Omodei, Philip Parsons, Diana Sharpe, Ken toes. Brisbane is suddenly bristling with Southgate, Raymond Stanley, Elizabeth Sweeting, staying power is graphically summed up in the professional troupes; Hoopla despite all doom Marlis Thiersch, John Timlin, Tony Trench, thirty magazine covers included. Trumpet saying has extended its place on the Melbourne Guthrie Worby, Richard Wherrett. blowing it may be to claim such records but, with scene; the Hole in Perth has a new director and Advertising: the Government firm of Cringe, Cutback and administrator and in Adelaide the Association of Manager and Co-ordinator: Brad Keeling Cutdown ever breathing down our necks, Community theatres has become a real force, 6/35 Orchard Road, Chatswood, NSW 2067 necessary. especially with the emergence of David Allen’s Adelaide: The smiling and frowning profiles which Red Shed and a critics’ gong for its efforts. Melbourne: Brad Keeling Martin Sharp seams together stand not only for Sydney: (02)411-3074 Three years has seen more ups than downs the traditional comic and tragic sides of theatre Brisbane: Media Resources, Queensland and more laughs than frowns. It is no small but indicate too the ups and downs of a three (07) 262-6798 thanks to Theatre Australia that the range and year effort to pull together in one publication the Perth: Patrick Cordier (09) 364-2127 multifarious activities of performing artists across diversity of the activity here is increasingly being recognised on the world cultural map. Correspondents: the nation. N.S.W.: Editors (049) 67-4470 In these years we have seen the demise of the Our existence wouldn’t have been possible Vic.: Raymond Stanley (03) 419-1204 Old Tote and against that the founding of the without the loyal support of you, our readers; we Qid.: Don Batchelor (07) 269-3018 Sydney Theatre Company; the collapse of the old invite your comment on the magazine and its W.A.: Joan Ambrose (09) 299-6639 J.C.