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America and the Australian performing group

The development of a distinctively Australian theater is commonly traced to two companies that began in the late 1960s and early 1970s, the Australian Performing Group (APG) in Melbourne and the Nimrod in Sydney. The work of both companies is remembered for its determined populism, physicality, and...

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Main Author:	Pulford, Donald
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	2000
Subjects:	Australian theatre companies Populism Nimrod Indigenous theatre Australian Performing Group (APG) Cultural cringe Theatrical nationalism Australian theatre
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/15214

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