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HARRY L BRODERICK

A seasoned actor, he directed ''The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists'' April-May 1933, its mostly unemployed cast including men who became WAC regulars: [[Edward Janshewsky]], [[Harry Haddy]], [[Cliff Mossop]], [[Tim O’Sullivan]] and [[Person - Charlie Reeve|Charlie Reeve]] .   [[Nellie Rickie]] and [[Jean Devanny]] both claimed credit for suggesting to Broderick that he dramatise Robert Tressall’s  novel of working-class life which by 1933 had been reprinted ten times.  

Later in 1933 Broderick acted in his adaptation of ''The Sundowner'' (May-June),  presented ''Shamus O’Brien'' at the Ingersoll Hall for the Sydney Theatre Guild (16 September) and directed ''Judge Beeby’s Dregs'' at the Ingersoll Hall for the Sydney Theatre Guild (21 October).

(A Harry L Brudrick recited ''A Christmas Carol'' in the YWCA Hall in December 1946.)

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