Aussie theatre in the 50s (in desperate need of help ) :[?

Question:OK writing an essay about the shifting heart but if you don't know it that's ok. I just need information about the 50's and theatre in teh 50s (australia preffereably). Also information about italians in australia at that time. please help me thanks heaps for ur time :)

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: OK writing an essay about the shifting heart but if you don't know it that's ok. I just need information about the 50's and theatre in teh 50s (australia preffereably). Also information about italians in australia at that time. please help me thanks heaps for ur time :)

The following will help you. But, let me remind you: going to school is not to make you "smart". What school really teaches you is how to find information on your own. Try harder next time!

http://www.planetpapers.com/Assets/3999....
(This is an essay on the play.)

from http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/a...

1950s
The Festival of Perth was established in 1953 and The Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust was founded in the following year. In 1955, the plays Rusty Bugles by Sumner Locke Elliott and Summer of the Seventeenth Doll by Ray Lawler marked a turning point in Australian theatre.

After its premiere with the Union Theatre Repertory Company at the University of Melbourne's Union Theatre, Summer of the Seventeenth Doll quickly gained acclaim and popularity for its uniquely Australian voice and universal themes. Australian bush legends and city life came to the stage with laughter and sadness through the memorable characters of cane-cutters Roo and Barney, and the women in their lives Olive, Pearl, Nancy and Emma. John Sumner directed a cast including Malcolm Billings, Carmel Dunn, Noel Ferrier, June Jago and Fenella Maguire.

Summer of the Seventeenth Doll won a national play competition run by the Playwrights Advisory Board in 1955 and, playing in London, the Evening Standard Award for the best play of 1957. Lawler later wrote Other Times and Kid Stakes, creating The Doll Trilogy.

The National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) was established in Sydney in 1958.