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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1977

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‘Friends’ honor concert pianist

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 19 May 1977 · page 14

Friends of the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra recently welcomed world-renown Jewish pianist Peter Frankl at a reception held at the home of Lady Sugerman…

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‘Cuddle-seats’ for new theatre

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 24 May 1977 · page 2

CUDDLE seats look se[?] prove one of the most pop[?] features of a new $500.0[?] picture theatre which op[?]…

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A New Ball Game

Tribune · Wednesday 25 May 1977 · page 2

Three wins out of four referendum questions may seem not too bad a result for Fraser from an electorate which usually says No. But he suffered a big setback in his primary aim- to avoid the…

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ENTERTAINMENT Handel’s “Israel in Egypt” concert

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 26 May 1977 · page 15

The Sydney Philharmonia Society will present Handel’s great oratorio ‘Israel in Egypt’ as the second concert in its 1977 Choral Subscription Series on Saturday…

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THEATRE Rimrod Presents

Tharunka · Monday 30 May 1977 · page 11

“Going Bananas” seemed a good show for us to see in the school holidays, with the rain pelting down and kids hurtling…

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Ball will help fund

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 31 May 1977 · page 3

HOLROYD High School [?] and Citizens’ Association will be out to raise before money for the Milton…

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Le Theatre

Le Courrier Australien · Wednesday 1 June 1977 · page 12

A l'Odéon, les Comédiens-Français jouent "Les Bacchantes" d'Euripide dans une mise en scène de Michel…

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Prize-winning Band

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 2 June 1977 · page 15

The prize-winning cadet band of Moriah College was a featured participant in the school’s Anzac Day commemoration service last month. The Jewish chaplain of the 2nd Military District,…

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Jewish Theatre Season

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 2 June 1977 · page 13

Neil Simon’s hilarious comedy “The Gingerbread Lady" opens at the St James Playhouse on…

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Theatre New Theatre Fri. Sat. & Sun at 8.15pm "The Merry Wives of Windsor" by William Shakespeare

Tharunka · Monday 6 June 1977 · page 12

"The Merry Wives of Windsor", currently playing at the New Theatre is a Shakespearean play which is not often seen…

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Theatre “The Happy Hunter"

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 9 June 1977 · page 15

Lovers, husbands, virtuous wife thinking of abandoning her resistance to temptation, Georges…

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Jewish author continues family theatre tradition

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 9 June 1977 · page 19

Mary Drake, whose play “The Couch,” was the first Australian work staged by the new Lunchtime Playhouse group, was born Mary Marks, the grand-daughter of Montague Marks, whose father, Jacob, came to New South Wales from England as a free settler in 1835…

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Variety concert by band

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 14 June 1977 · page 8

HOLROYD Municipal Band will hold its second variety concert this year at Merrylands High School auditorium…

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Adelaide Orchestra for piano contests Israeli conductor

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 23 June 1977 · page 12

The Adelaide Symphony Orchestra will play for the first time in Sydney on August 2 and 3 with the finalists of the Sydney International Piano Competition. The conductor will be…

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Theatre “Boy Meets Girl”

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 23 June 1977 · page 13

Jewish theatre-goers are in for a treat with the Ensemble’s latest production, “Boy meets Girl,” by Bella…

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Debutante Ball great success

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 28 June 1977 · page 2

RECENTLY my wife Elizabeth and I had the pleasure of attending Holroyd High School Parents and Citizens…

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Carter's new ball game

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 30 June 1977 · page 12

MENAHEM BEGIN buttons were being sold in New York recently. Youngsters were shouting, “Not one inch” and “Settle the land,” referring…

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Theatre ‘A Ripper of a Show’

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 30 June 1977 · page 15

With singing and general audience participation, “The Ripper Show (And They Wrote It)” seems at…

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Theatre Funny Ha! Ha! Most of Time

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 30 June 1977 · page 16

For most of the time “Funny Peculiar,” the new show at the Theatre Royal, is funny ha! ha! It’s not funny, not even amusing when it moves to a…

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Le Theatre du Silence, au theatre de la Ville

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 1 July 1977 · page 13

La saison chorégraphique achevée au théâtre de la Ville avec théâtre du Silence et le London Contemporary Dance Theatre…

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