Post by tonyloco on Dec 24, 2019 12:06:02 GMT
May I rather belatedly recommend a brilliant book called The Ripples Before the New Wave, by Robyn Dalton and Laura Ginters, published in 2018 by Currency Press in Australia. It tells the story of theatre and drama at Sydney University between 1957 and 1963 and draws on an extensive series of interviews the authors conducted with surviving members of that era, as well as published sources including newspapers, memoires and biographies.
Among the people involved are Australians Clive James, Leo Schofield, John Bell, Germaine Greer, Ken Horler, Bruce Beresford, Robert Hughes, Philip Hedley, Madeleine St John and Richard Wherrett. Britishers Pamela and Bill Trethowan also figure prominently in the story, and yours truly plays a minor part.
It was a time of amazing activity when the amateur dramatic societies at Sydney University in putting on plays by Brecht, Beckett, Anouilh, Ionesco, etc, were doing much more significant work than the professional theatre companies in Sydney and elsewhere in Australia, and this 'golden age' is lovingly documented in meticulous detail by the two authors.
Even for those who were not around at the time, the book still makes a fascinating read.
Among the people involved are Australians Clive James, Leo Schofield, John Bell, Germaine Greer, Ken Horler, Bruce Beresford, Robert Hughes, Philip Hedley, Madeleine St John and Richard Wherrett. Britishers Pamela and Bill Trethowan also figure prominently in the story, and yours truly plays a minor part.
It was a time of amazing activity when the amateur dramatic societies at Sydney University in putting on plays by Brecht, Beckett, Anouilh, Ionesco, etc, were doing much more significant work than the professional theatre companies in Sydney and elsewhere in Australia, and this 'golden age' is lovingly documented in meticulous detail by the two authors.
Even for those who were not around at the time, the book still makes a fascinating read.
