Machine derived contents note: Chapter 1 THE TRADITIONAL LITTLE THEATRE 77 -- Adelaide Repertory Theatre: 1908- 77 -- Chapter 2 THE MOST EXPERIMENTAL LITTLE THEATRE 45 -- Ab Intra Studio: 1931-1935 45 -- Chapter 3 LITTLE THEATRES, DIVERSE INSPIRATION 73 -- Patricia Hackett and the Torch Theatre: 1934-35 -- 1952-55 73 -- Brenda Kekwick and the Junior Theatre: 1934-36 -- 87 -- Heather Gell and the Heritage Centenary -- Production: 1936 94 -- Chapter 4 SHORT-LIVED LITTLE THEATRES 99 -- Esmond George and the People's Theatre: -- 1936-37 99 -- The Tree Players: 1937-early 1940s 701 -- Lloyd Prider and the Playbox Theatre: -- 1932-46 7o8 -- Marion Sauer and the Marion Sauer Players / The -- United Players: 1938-47 77 -- The United Players: 1940 79 -- Chapter 5 THEATRE GROUPS WITH INDIVIDUAL FUNCTIONS -- 121 -- The WEA Little Theatre: 1926-48 727 -- Agnes Dobson and the Independent Theatre: -- 1936-40 134 -- The Adelaide University Theatre Guild: 1938- 146 -- Chapter 6 MAJOR FIGURES 163 -- Max Afford 163 -- Frank Bailey 172 -- Colin Ballantyne 773 -- Kester Berwick 775 -- Lesley Cox 776 -- Ken Fraser 178 -- Heather Gell 779 -- Alan Harkness 182 -- Mimi Mattin 786 -- Ralph Peterson 187 -- Betty Roland 188 -- Thelma Thomas o90 -- APPENDIX SELECTED LITTLE THEATRE PRODUCTIONS 197 -- Endnotes 2o8 -- Index 279
Summary
Tells the story of Adelaide's diverse amateur theatres that existed from the 1920s to the 1940s when there was a flowering of inventive, experimental, creative theatre ahead of its time and which helped form the basis of Adelaide's reputation as the city of culture