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Welcome

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

• A Brief History of New Theatre
• Persons of Interest
• New Theatre Links

Links to other New Theatre information

• The Illustrious Life of Sydney's New Theatre, Green Left, 1994
• New Theatre, Sydney - Current productions, bookings and other information
  • New Theatre, Past Productions
• AusStage has overlapping entries for the New Theatre organisation, venues and events:
  • New Theatre organisation, productions 1933 - 2016
  • New Theatre, productions 1933 - 2006
  • New Theatre, 542 King Street Newtown, 1973 - present
  • New Theatre League, 167 Castlereagh Street, 1943 - 1954
  • Workers Art Club, 36 Pitt Street, 1933 - 1942

Detailed History

• 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
  • Social Problems
  • War and its Consequences
  • The Threat of Fascism
  • Workers and Unemployment
  • Persecution and Injustice
  • Censorship
• The 1940s
  • Premises
• The 1940s - Plays with a Purpose
  • War
  • Censorship
  • Racism and Intolerance
  • Postwar Crises
  • Workers and Industrial Action
  • Feminism
  • The Environment
• The 1950s
  • Premises
• The 1950s - Plays with a Purpose
  • War and Peace
  • Injustice and Racism
  • Cultural Imperialism
  • Politics
  • Working Conditions
• The 1960s
  • Premises
• The 1960s - Plays with a Purpose
  • War and Peace
  • Racism and Intolerance
  • Imperialism
  • Working Conditions
  • Censorship
  • Politics
  • Everyday Issues
• The 1970s
  • Premises
• The 1970s - Plays with a Purpose
  • War and Peace
  • Imperialism and Racism
  • Censorship
  • Environment
  • Politics
  • Women
• The 1980s
  • People and Projects
• The 1980s - Plays with a Purpose
  • War and Peace
  • Politics
  • Big Business
  • The Environment
  • The Workers
  • Imperialism and Oppression
  • The Press
  • Women
• The 1990s
  • People and Projects
• The 1990s - Plays with a Purpose
  • War and Peace
  • Imperialism
  • Politics
  • Workers
  • Women
  • The Media
• The 2000s
  • People and Projects
• The 2000s - Plays with a Purpose
  • War and Peace
  • Racism and Intolerance
  • Politics
  • Big Business
  • 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