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Lief, the Viking
An article on page 6 of the Perth newspaper, The West Australian on August 21, 1908. The article is about Leif (misspelt Lief) Eiriksson and his feat of being the first European to reach (‘discover’) the American continent. It reports…
Interview with Bernard Shaw, playwright. Miracle plays of medieval church as influences.
Edith M. Fry interviews Bernard Shaw about his dramatic philosophy. Shaw claims that tragedy and comedy are intertwined. He delivers a short history of the theatre from Greek to modern times. He models his lack of scenery changes on stage from the…
His Last Wish
An article on page 5 of the Victorian newspaper The Broadford Courier and Reedy Creek Times on June 20, 1902. The anonymous article is about the will of Alfred the Great, king of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex in southern England. It mentions that…
Hieronymus Bosch, The Haywain Triptych Tableau vivant - the Perth Medieval and Renaissance Group
Photographs recreating a scene in The Haywain Triptych panel painting by Dutch artist Hieronymus Bosch. The recreated scene occurs in the centre of the central panel of the work that was probably painted in the early sixteenth century. The central…