Lords and Larrikins: The actor's role in the making of Australia: The actor's role in the making of Australia
Author:   Kath Leahy
Publisher:   Currency House Inc
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9780980563221


Pages:   256
Publication Date:   01 October 2009
Format:   Paperback
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This radical new account reveals the central importance of the male performer in Australian public life, showing how the aspiring middle classes turned to actors to teach them public behaviour and political opinion, and how class divided high art and low comedy. While imperial Shakespeare drew in patrons, politicians and critics, vaudeville comedians upheld the right to a working-class Australia. When in 1970 public funding fuelled the rise of a high-art culture, a bevy of buffoons led a new assault to subvert it. Kath Leahy asks questions about why, even today, we still call for control of the public artist.

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Author:   Kath Leahy
Publisher:   Currency House Inc
Imprint:   Currency House Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.70cm
Weight:   0.674kg
ISBN:  

9780980563221


ISBN 10:   0980563224
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   01 October 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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