ELIZABETHAN THEATRE the Australian Elizab Ethan Theatre Tru St When You Fly with Trans-Australiaairlines PATRON : HER MAJE TY the QUEEN

ELIZABETHAN THEATRE The Australian Elizab ethan Theatre Tru st when you fly with Trans-AustraliaAirlines PATRON : HER MAJE TY THE QUEEN

PRESIDE NT The Rt. Hon . Sir J ohn Latham, G.C.M.G., Q.C. CHAIRl\fA N Dr . H . C. Coombs EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Hu gh Hunt HO , . SECRET4RY, l\faurice Park er

ST A TE REPRE SE1 TA TIVES : New South \ ,Va Jes Mr. C. J . A. Moses, C.B.E. Queen land Profe ssor F. J. Schone ll \Vestern Australia Professor F. Alexa nd er Victoria Mr A. H . L. Gibson South Australia l\fr . L. C. Waterman Tasmania l\fr . G. F. Davies

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The SNccess, both in the Commonwealth and Gree,! Britain, of "Summer of the Seventeenth D oll' ' is a proof that here i11 Austrcilia there is a rich field of drama which needs Capwin and First Officer al the co111rols al a T AA Viscouut . 017/y time and the proper conditions fo1• it to yield fmit that T AA pilots are well experi year of flying the length and wdl be second to llone anywhere i11 the world. enced and maintain a high breadth of Australia. standard of efficiency in flying TAA's Airmanship is the total In the presenting "The Shifting H eart," the Trust belie1•es the nation's finest fleet of skill of many people-in the that here is another play that mcry achieve a comparable s11ccess. modern aircraft. air and on the ground-work It deals with a subject that mc1y well prove controversial and ing toward s a common poa l: a problem that faces every country that in the course of its When you and your family fly your safety, satisfac tion and TAA, you get with your ticket peace of mind . TAA '.s Air growth absorbs members 0f alien races into its ow11 com- a priceless quality of assura nce man hip is modern air travel 1111mity. The Play is not a documentc1ry1 however, and its called Airmanship-won over efficiency at its best. warmth, humottr and humanity we f eel are th e stuff of which trne theatre is made. In other wo rds, thc1t it is a good play *A·lrfflURS h.Ip .. . Th e knowledf?e and skill in all which, of comse, is the fi11al criterion which mllSt always things relating to the opera tion, maintenance , manage apply over and above its Amtralian origin. ment and safe ty of air transportation and the achieve ment of the highest standards of serv ice to the public. This is an exciting time for us all-f or yott, ottr audience,

as you watch the growth of new t111thors1 and for us in om rewarding search which has been tremendously helped by the Playw rights' Advisory Board and also the Australian Jour nalists' Club which sponsored the compe titi on which ht1s ------and enjoy T AA Viscount comfort ! NPV19'___ brought "The Shifting H eart" to light. 3

I RICHARD BEYNON

who made his last stage appear ance al the Elizabethan Theatre last year in "\Vitness for the Prosecution," reLL1rns in the dual role o( actor/playwright in May SILENCE • • • Hollinworth's production of his prize winning play. Since first leaving Australia in 1947 he has appeared in the \-Vest End in productions with Peter Ustinov, Joan Greenwood, Sheila Sim, Richard Auenborough, Yolande Don lan and Nigel Patrick, and was firmly estab lished as a juvenile leading man in London prior to his return 10 Australia. In additio!l LO his stage work he has also appeared in films, television and radio. For a time he was sole resident announcer in Luxembourg for Radio Luxembourg. He has also had the honour of producing "To Dorothy, a Son" at the Theatre Royal, \-Vindsor. This production l?roke long-standing box office records, and numbered members of the Royal Family among the audience. Early this year his first play, "The Shifting Heart," was chosen as the best Aus tralian play of 1956, receiving the Sydney Journalists' Club Award, and shortly after his return to Australia from a brief overseas holiday he received word that the play had been awarded third prize out of 2,000 entries in the London "Observer" \•Vorlcl Play Competition. is a Daimler tradition ...... - • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ...... - .. . , . . . .. � ...... � .� ...... and the magnificent Daimlers combine silence ...... with breathtaking performance and superlative ...... •.• .• •. .• •. • . comfort. Ind escribable is Daimler's clutchless ...... operation ... for the easiest driving in the world! . . . . . •••. . . Cl . •••. . Where Daimler is concerned only driving is believing...... , ...... I . •••••••...... Daim/ers are priced from £2,350...... •, I . • . • • . • •. • • •...... ·.·.·. " ...... -...... • . .. HERCULES MOTORS . . §1 Macquarie Street, Sydney - 'Phone BU2782 ...... • •. 0 • .. • • • • • e e ··-· · · • • . . . e • � � � . . - • e.•.•.•. o • • . • 137 KING. ST.. NEWTOWN LA3441 4 At Missenden Rd. Corner

5 I ~ I J, LYNDALL BARBOUR -

made one of her firsL stage ap pearances in l\lay Hollinworth's production of "Twelfth Night" for the S.U.D.S. and this early association of actress and producer has been continued for many years in shows al Lhe Metropolitan Theatre, and recently at the lndepende11t Theatre. Few theatregoers will forget her brilliant performances as �erafina Della Rose in "The Rose Tauoo" (for which she received the Critics' Award) and Lola in "Come Back Lillie Sheba." Jn addition, she has also appeared in produc t ions by Harvey Adams and Shakespearean performances with John Alden. Her work is known to radio audiences throughout Australia. She was presented with the Macquarie Award for her perform ance in "Genius At Home" in 1949. In this production of "The Shifting Heart" she will appear in the role of l'v!omma Bianchi.

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bring, to her role in "The Shifting Hean" a wealth of stage experience, including six years at the Strand and Ald wych Theatres in London. In Australia she has appeared for J. C. Williamsons in "Susan and Goel," and Shakespearean roles in "�Ier T cham of Venice," "'\ imer's Tale" and "The Merry ,vives of ,1/indsor." AL the Minerva Thealre she appeared in leading role, in plays such as "Lo,e From a "Lranger," "Dan gerous Corner" and "Separate Rooms." She has appeared wiLh London Films, :111cl in "Long John Silver" with Roben Newton. Well known throughout AusLralia for her radio work, she is Lhe only actress to receive the Macquarie Award on two occasions. Her role in "The Shifting Heart" is her first appearance at Lhis theaLre since playing in the pantomime "Aladdin" with George Edwards and Sid Beck, when the Elizabethan was known as the Majestic Theatre. 'Ushers THE HOTEL OF DISTINCTION * FOR FINE FOODS AND SERVICE * 'Phone: BW 8521 Sydney

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Days of Your Life" Watch the Press .for Further Announcements 10 11 ELIZABETHAN THEATRE * For a Season commencing Friday, 4th October, 1957 *

THE AUSTRALIAN ELIZABETHAN THEATRE TRUST

* presents * * THE SHIFT\NG HEART * by

RICHARD BEYNON

Character in order of their appearance: The action of the Play takes place in the back yard of the Bianchi's home in the suburb ol Collingwood, Melbourne.

POPPA BlANCHl TOM FARLEY ACT 1: Late afternoon of Christmas Eve. ACT 2: Scene 1: Christmas Eve. LEILA PRATT NEVA CARR-GLYN Scene 2: Later the same evening. ACT 3: The morning of Christmas Day. CJ 10 BJA 1CH1 RICHARD BEYNO.~. T There will be two intervals• of 10 minutes . 1\J01\Jf\L\ BlANCHl LYNDALL BARBOUR r • , The Play produced by MAY HOLLINWORTH

CLARRY FO\\'LER FRANK WATERS • Scenery designed by FRANK HINDER Scenery built in the Elizabethan Theatre .,Workshops 1\lARIA FOWLER DI AH SHEARING and painted by James Hutchings.

DO NY PRATT KEITH JARVIS Music selected by• Yvonne Maclean . • DETECT!VE-SGT. LUK!E GORDON GLE WRIGHT General Manager for Drama: JAMES MILLS -- The Shifting Heart has been awarded MAY HOLLINWORTH • 1st Prize: Sydney Journalist Club Play c:;ompetition, 1956. Adjudicators: Playwrights' Advisory Board. The Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust. • Srd Prize: London Observer Play Competition, 1957. Adjudicators: Alec Guinness, Peter Ustinov, Kenneth Tynan. For more than a quarter of a century, Miss May Hollinworth has been active in the living theatre. In 1929 she became Director of the Sydney University Dramatic Society and conducted this enter The Shifting Heart Staff prising group until 1941. During that time she presented a series of fine plays on a veq• Stage Manager KEITHA MU RO high standard of production, many of which A sistant Stage Managers EVE HARDWICK would otherwise not have been seen in Syd BARRY LOVETT ney. In 1942 she founded the Metropolitan * Theatre, with headquarters at Reiby Place, Publicity RON PATTEN PUBLICITY PTY. LTD. and later in a larger theatre near Central (Representative: ELIZABETH MACBIRNIE) Railway. This theatre was under her able guidance until 1951, when she resigned through illness. Miss Hollinworth refers to this period as the "rich years" in the Metro politan Theatre, when her fine company of actors included Lyndall Barbour, Kevin Brennan, Alathea Siddons, Marion Johns, General Manager JAMES MILLS Betty Lucas, Jane Holland, Lynne Murphy, Leo McKern, Frank Waters, John Bushelle and Nigel Lovell, all now famous in theatre and radio. In 1955 she joined the ranks Assistant Manager EXECUTIVE MARY RAWDO PAUL FARRELL of producers at the Independent Theatre and made an immediate success with her Treasurer FOR Chief Mechanist JOHN CLUGSTO production of "The Love of Four Colonels," by Peter Ustinov. This was followed in Chief Electrician ELIZABETHAN ROBERT CUNNI GHAM 1956 with "The Rose Tattoo," by Tennessee Williams, and in 1957 by the outstand ingly successful "Come Back Little Sheba." It is most fitting that Miss Hollinworth's Chief Property Master THEATRE JACK BETTISON Publicity RON PATTEN PUBLICITY first production for the Elizabethan Theatre should be the Australian play "The l l PTY. LTD. Shifting Heart."

The Management reserves the right to make any alteration in the cast which may be rendered necessary by illness or any other unavoidable cause. The lanagement reserves the right of 1·efusing admission to the Theatre. ....Aujtrahan Ctzabetlian 'Jlieatre '5rujt memberjLp Taking photographs during the performance of this productio11 is prohibited. Smoking is not permitted in the Auditorium. If you wish to join those who are already supporting the Trust venture throughout the Commonwealth, you may do so by paying an initial mbscription of £5. Subsequent annual subscriptions are £5 and are due on the 1st July, and are payable before the 31st December. CREDITS Membership entitles you to priority booking for two seats at any given Beer for this Production supplied by CARLTON UNITED BREWERIES, performance. Information regarding the work of ·the Trust and com through their ydney Agents, Tucker & Co. Pty. Ltd. WINE by courtesy of ing productions will be regularly sent out to memben FIORELLI PTY. LTD. SE IOR SERVICE cigarettes and pipe tobacco supplied by W. D. & H. 0. WILLS You may also assist the work of the Trnst by giving a donation, (AU T.) LTD. VATRIC vacuum cleaner for theatre use supplied by VATRIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES LTD. All minerals supplied by courtesy SCHWEPPES and the Trust welcomes all donations, whether they be large or small. LTD. PHOE IX sewing machine for costume work supplied by courtesy of J. PIERRE COUVE & CO. PTY. LTD. "LASTIGE STRETCH N YLONS" by PRESTIGE. Many of the Theatre seats have been given by friends of ihe ESCAFE supplied by courtesy ESTLE'S FOOD SPECIALITIES (AUST.) LTD. Trust, both in Australia and oveneas. A donation of £10 will provide Members of the ST. JOHN AMBULA NCE BRIGADE are in attendance at this theatre on a voluntary basis. one seat, and a plaque bearing the name of the donor will be fixed to Electrical Equipment installed in the Elizabethan Theatre is by STRAND the arm of the chair. ELECTRIC & ENGINEER! NG CO. LTD., and is under the supervision of their Sydney representative, Mr. Reginald Bartram. Should you be desirous of 7ommg the List of Donors, please Sound Equipment installed in Elizabethan Theatre is by Reginald Leaney. leave your name and address at the Manager's Office. 14 15

IC ~ I j FRANK WATERS

South Australian - born actor, who received rnosL of his Lraining as a mem· ber of the Adelaide Repertory. Graduated to an Adelaide Commercial Radio Station as Announcer, Producer and ,1\lriter. Following five years' service in the A.I.F. he moved to Sydney and became one of the top freelance radio actors in this field. Com bined with his radio performances arc num· crable sLagc performances with the �lfincrva Theatre, as well as little theatre productions. Stratford director, Anthony Quayle, was so impressed with his portrayal of "'>\Tilly" in 1he production of "Death of a Salesman" 1hat he arranged for him to visit Stratford and play in the 1954 English season. On returning to Australia in I 955 he re sumed freelance radio and stage work, and received the 1956 Sydney Critics' Award for his performance in the Independent Theatre production of "Winter Journey". He received outstanding praise for his portrayal of Joe Byrne in the Trust produc tion of " ed Kelly" and for Starbuck in "The Rainmaker." He takes the role of Clarry Fowler in lhe present production.

WATER FOLLIES OF TOM FARLEY An ocean on the stage ! It was provided semi-circular "floodable" stage was en for in a fantastic. 10,000-seat theatre closed by a linoleum cyclorama. He de designed for the Chicago World's Fair vised machines for projecting "clouds" way back in 1892. on to a stage "sky". In 1888 he installed a double elevator stage in the Madison r�cdved much of his early The idea was to llood the stage with Square Garden Theatre, New York, to theatrical training with the late George water, to enable presentation of a ;ords, for whom he worked exclusively shift scenery and actors in one operation. Edw realistic tableau showing "Columbus for many years. During this period, which Discovering America". These stage design techniques, revol included both executive and production work, he appeared with Glenda ,vilson, Originator of this device was Steele utionary in MacKaye's time, are stand Grant Taylor and John O'Malley in Fifi MacKaye, American actor, playwright, ard today. Llanvard's production of "Philadelphia SLory" at the M"inerva Theatre. He has artist, director and 111ventor-a remark And SHELL lubricants and fuels play appeared al the Independent Theatre in able theatrical innovator. a big backstage role in the smooth, silent Shakespearean productions by John Alden. MacKaye invented a proscenium workings of complex theatrical machin and Shakespearean maLinees at the Theatre ery. Royal with Anhur Greenaway. For some opening that could be made wide or 1ea1s he managed 1he E.M.l. radio produc narrow, thin or deep. The back of his Shell serves Australia . . . Q tion unit, and for the last two years has YOU CAN BE SURE 01· � concentrated on freelance radio appearances, including serials such as "Harp in the South" and "Poor Man's Orange," by Ruth Park, A.B.C. and commercial plays. 111 addition he has appeared in "The Valiant," "To-morrow's Child" and "Rope" 011 AB \' 1elevision. 16 17

IE j DINAH SHEARING

A full range made her first stage appearance as Viola in May Hollinworth 's production of "Twelfth Night" at the Independent of latest Theatre. Prior to this she studied art, in· tending to make stage designing her career: at the same time she was studying singing recordings al the Conservatorium. Since her appearance in "Twelfth Night," she has established herself both in radio and on the stage. Played Regan in a six months' always season of "King Lear" with the John Alden Company, Dynamene in "A Phoenix Too Frequent," Lady Fidget in "The Country Wife," Alkmere in "Amphitryon 38," and in available 1952 won the Macquarie Radio Award for her. performance in "One Way Street." Fol lowrng her appearance in the Elizabethan Trust Drama Company productions of "The Rivals" (Lydia Languish) and "Twelfth Whatever your tastes, N ich,olson's Night" (Viola) in 1956 she played the lead in "Bell, Book and Candle" in Hobart can supply the discs you want. Our and returned to the Elizabethan Theatre to play Berinthia in "The Relapse" earlier complete range of long-playing and tlus year. In "The Shifting Heart" she plays Maria Bianchi. standard recordings embraces all types of mus�c - opera, classica�, popular and pzz-by the world s foremost artists. All labels, all speeds are stocked in our new, enlarged Record De �� [r[l@)J!�[fu[fu[l PTY. LTD. partment. WINE, SPIRIT AND GENERAL MERCHAN TS We also have a wide selection of portable gramophones, electric Offer you Quality Wines in Bulk record players, record storage FLOR SHERRY 30/- per gallon albums, record racks and all types SWEET SHERRY 18/6 of steel and sapphire needles. DRY SHERRY 18/6 ·BROWN MUSCAT . 18/6 Special attention given LO coun R.R. PORT 18/6 try clients. Packing and postage SAUTER NE ...... 16/- extra on all items. CLARET ...... 12/6 X SPECIAL CLARET ...... 14/- CALL OR WRITE TO-DAY BU RGUNDY ...... 14/- CHABLIS ...... 13/6 HOCK ...... 13/6 FRONTIGNAC ...... 21 /- Minimum quantity-2 gallons. We also offer you imported Italian Olive Oils, Olives, Anchovies, Cheese, Sardines, Salame, etc. I 06-118 COMMONWEALTH STREET, SYDNEY 416 George Street, Sydney. 'PHONES: BA 4243, BA 4244 "YOU GET THE BEST AT 's" FREE DELIVE RY

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