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Tom Room Building, Launceston Church Grammar School, Tasmania
Launceston Church Grammar School has two campuses in the northern Tasmanian city of Launceston. The relatively recent brick Tom Room Building continues the medieval theme found elsewhere on the campus by the use buttresses that end as crenellation.…
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…
Vacuum Entertainment: Enjoyable Evening at the Y.A.L.
This newspaper article from the Sunday Times reports on a function hosted by the Vacuum Oil Company at the Y.A.L. Hall on 1 June 1932. In addition to an address Major Norman Brearley, the managing director of W.A. Airways, the programme for the…
Grand Theatre: ’Under the Red Robeâ€
In this notice about the upcoming programme for the Grand Theatre, a screening of the 1923 silent film “Under the Red Robe” is announced. The film is based on Stanley J. Weyman’s historical novel of the same name. The novel is …
“The Winter’s Tale†for Perth Stage
In this article from The West Australian in 1952, notice of the upcoming stage production of Shakespeare’s “The Winter’s Tale” by the John Alden Shakespearean Company is given. The medieval costumes - including elaborate …