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[nb-NO]Record tools[nb-NO] [nb-NO]Displays[nb-NO]	Viennese Theatre Remove from selection Toevoegen aan selectie [nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]M2013/048:003 [nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Viennese Theatre [nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]This is one of a collection of programmes of the Sydney Viennese Theatre (Kleines Wiener Theater) collected by the donor’s mother. This one, of a play by Max Frisch, “Biografie” was performed in May-June 1969 at Anzac House. The Viennese Theatre, operational from 1941 to the mid-1980s, provided a cultural link to the home country and Europe to migrants/refugees. The donor’s parents, Edith and Frederick Sowey, were great supporters of the Theatre, which had been founded by Karl Bittman and Alfred Baring “as a symbol of a vibrant and optimistic cultural era” (words of the donor). The play was performed in German and the programme is written in German with English language advertisements. [nb-NO]Production place[nb-NO]Sydney, New South Wales, Australia [nb-NO]Date[nb-NO] 1969 [nb-NO]Subject[nb-NO]cultural events & activities, Europeans, refugee experiences in Australia, migrants, theatre companies [nb-NO]Object name[nb-NO]programs [nb-NO]Dimensions[nb-NO] width: 135.00 mm height: 215.00 mm [nb-NO]Credit line[nb-NO]Sydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Prof. Eric Sowey

[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]M2013/048:003

[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Viennese Theatre

[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]This is one of a collection of programmes of the Sydney Viennese Theatre (Kleines Wiener Theater) collected by the donor’s mother. This one, of a play by Max Frisch, “Biografie” was performed in May-June 1969 at Anzac House. The Viennese Theatre, operational from 1941 to the mid-1980s, provided a cultural link to the home country and Europe to migrants/refugees. The donor’s parents, Edith and Frederick Sowey, were great supporters of the Theatre, which had been founded by Karl Bittman and Alfred Baring “as a symbol of a vibrant and optimistic cultural era” (words of the donor). The play was performed in German and the programme is written in German with English language advertisements.

[nb-NO]Production place[nb-NO]Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

[nb-NO]Date[nb-NO] 1969

[nb-NO]Subject[nb-NO]cultural events & activities, Europeans, refugee experiences in Australia, migrants, theatre companies

[nb-NO]Object name[nb-NO]programs

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[nb-NO]Credit line[nb-NO]Sydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Prof. Eric Sowey

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