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"Saint Joan"
This article from the Sunday Times provides a positive review of George Bernard Shaw’s “Saint Joan”, which premiered in Australia at His Majesty’s Theatre in 1932. “Saint Joan” is a play based on the life…
Theatre review: Emlyn Williams ‘The Wind of Heaven’
A.T. critiques three plays that have an angel or saint in them. Set in a Welsh village, ‘The Wind of Heaven’ is about a boy named Gwyn who works a miracle in a village devastated by cholera. He brings back to life a dead soldier and new…
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…
Medieval Drama
An article from the Sydney Morning Herald notifying readers of a second performance of Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur. The performance by graduates and undergraduates of the University of Sydney was of a section of Malory's work, The Quest for the Holy…