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This wiki is a growing history of New Theatre Sydney.

If you would like to contribute, write to admin at this domain: newtheatrehistory.org.au

For New Theatre's official website, go to the following links:
* [http://newtheatre.org.au New Theatre, Sydney] (Current productions, bookings and other information.)
* [http://newtheatre.org.au/past-productions/ New Theatre, Past Productions]

== Brief History ==

* [[Media:1_NT_Brief_History_(revised_7).pdf ‎|A Brief History of New Theatre]]
* [[Persons of Interest]]

== Detailed History ==
* [[Past Productions cast and crew]]
* '''From Club to Theatre'''
** [[Introduction]]
** [[The Worker Players]]
** [[Some WAC Radicals]]
** [[36 Pitt Street]]
** [[The Club's Activities]]
** [[Russian Propaganda]]
* '''The 1930s - Plays with a Purpose'''
** [[The 1930s - Social Problems|Social Problems]]
** [[The 1930s - War and its Consequences|War and its Consequences]]
** [[The 1930s - The Threat of Fascism|The Threat of Fascism]]
** [[The 1930s - Workers and Unemployment|Workers and Unemployment]]
** [[The 1930s - Persecution and Injustice|Persecution and Injustice]]
** [[The 1930s - Censorship|Censorship]]
* '''The 1940s''' 
** [[The 1940s - Premises|Premises]]
* '''The 1940s - Plays with a Purpose'''
** [[The 1940s - War|War]]
** [[The 1940s - Censorship|Censorship]]
** [[The 1940s - Racism and Intolerance|Racism and Intolerance]]
** [[The 1940s - Postwar Crises|Postwar Crises]]
** [[The 1940s - Workers and Industrial Action|Workers and Industrial Action]]
** [[The 1940s - Feminism|Feminism]]
** [[The 1940s - The Environment|The Environment]]
* '''The 1950s'''
** [[The 1950s - Premises|Premises]]
* '''The 1950s - Plays with a Purpose'''
** [[The 1950s - War and Peace|War and Peace]]
** [[The 1950s - Injustice and Racism|Injustice and Racism]]
** [[The 1950s - Cultural Imperialism | Cultural Imperialism]]
** [[The 1950s - Politics|Politics]]
** [[The 1950s - Working Conditions|Working Conditions]]
* '''The 1960s '''
** [[The 1960s - Premises|Premises]]
* '''The 1960s - Plays with a Purpose'''
** [[The 1960s - War and Peace|War and Peace]]
** [[The 1960s - Racism and Intolerance|Racism and Intolerance]]
** [[The 1960s - Imperialism|Imperialism]]
** [[The 1960s - Working Conditions|Working Conditions]]
** [[The 1960s - Censorship|Censorship]]
** [[The 1960s - Politics|Politics]]
** [[The 1960s - Everyday Issues|Everyday Issues]]
* '''The 1970s '''
** [[The 1970s - Premises|Premises]]
* '''The 1970s - Plays with a Purpose'''
** [[The 1970s - War and Peace|War and Peace]]
** [[The 1970s - Imperialism and Racism|Imperialism and Racism]]
** [[The 1970s - Censorship|Censorship]]
** [[The 1970s - Environment|Environment]]
** [[The 1970s - Politics|Politics]]
** [[The 1970s - Women|Women]]
* '''The 1980s '''
** [[The 1980s - People and Projects|People and Projects]]
* '''The 1980s - Plays with a Purpose'''
** [[The 1980s - War and Peace|War and Peace]]
** [[The 1980s - Politics|Politics]]
** [[The 1980s - Big Business|Big Business]]
** [[The 1980s - The Environment|The Environment]]
** [[The 1980s - The Workers|The Workers]]
** [[The 1980s - Imperialism and Oppression|Imperialism and Oppression]]
** [[The 1980s - The Press|The Media]]
** [[The 1980s - Women|Women]]
* '''The 1990s'''
** [[The 1990s - People and Projects|People and Projects]]
* '''The 1990s - Plays with a Purpose'''
** [[The 1990s - War and Peace|War and Peace]]
** [[The 1990s - Imperialism|Imperialism]]
** [[The 1990s - Politics|Politics]]
** [[The 1990s - Workers|Workers]]
** [[The 1990s - Women|Women]]
** [[The 1990s - The Media|The Media]]
* '''The 2000s '''
** [[The 2000s - People and Projects|People and Projects]]
* '''The 2000s - Plays with a Purpose'''
** [[The 2000s - War and Peace|War and Peace]]
** [[The 2000s - Racism and Intolerance|Racism and Intolerance]]
** [[The 2000s - Politics|Politics]]
** [[The 2000s - Big Business|Big Business]]
** [[The 2000s - Women|Women]]

* '''[[Agit-prop and Street Theatre]]'''
* '''[[Australian Drama]]'''
* '''[[Mardi Gras]]'''
* '''[[Children's Theatre]]'''
* '''[[Workshops, Readings and Special Events]]'''
* '''[[Shakespeare and the Classics]]'''
* '''[[ASIO Agents and Moles]]'''
* '''[[Imperial Honours - from Radical to Respectable]]'''
* '''[[Administration]]'''
* '''[[Committees]]'''

== Links to other New Theatre information ==

* [https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/illustrious-life-sydneys-new-theatre The Illustrious Life of Sydney's New Theatre, Green Left, 1994 ]
* [https://www.ausstage.edu.au AusStage] has entries for New Theatre venues and events at: [https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/organisation/122 New Theatre organisation, productions 1933 - 2016]
* Radical Theatre Mobility: Unity Theatre, UK and the New Theatre, Australia (Cathy Brigden and Lisa Milner): [[Media:Radical_Theatre_Mobility.pdf]]
* No Handmaidens Here: women, volunteering and gender dynamics in the Sydney New Theatre (Lisa Milner and Cathy Brigden): [[Media:No_Handmaidens_Here_women_volunteering_and_gender_dynamics_in_the_Sydney_New_Theatre.pdf]]
* Political Theatre and the state Melbourne and Sydney 1936-1963 (Phillip Deery and Lisa Milner): [[Media:Political_theatre_and_the_state_Melbourne_and_Sydney_1936-1963.pdf]]
* New Theatre and the State: the Ban on ''Till the Day I Die'', 1936-41 (Robert Darby) in ''Labour History", Number 80, May 2001. [[Media:Ban_on_Till_the_Day_I_Die_Part1.pdf]] [[Media:Ban_on_Till_the_Day_I_Die_Part2.pdf]]