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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1987

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CLASSICS Hamlet at the Q [?] Theatre till 29th March, 11 am and 7.30 pm

Tharunka · Monday 16 March 1987 · page 31

Hamlet is a tragedy about genius, about catharsis and about casual murders. None of these are present in Allen David Lee's portrayal of the title role. The classic way that actors find clues to their characters is in what they have say about themselves or in what others say about them. It seems that Mr. Lee…

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Yiddish Theatre

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 19 March 1987 · page 32

PERTH: A Melbourne Yiddish actor is to present an evening’s entertainment to the community here…

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Home Ball debs

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 19 March 1987 · page 26

The 1987 Sir Moses Montefiore Home Debutantes' Ball will be held in the Hilton Hotel on Saturday night, March 28. Four of the girls who will make their debut are pictured here…

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Rabbis dance in Cairo

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 19 March 1987 · page 22

Israeli Chassidic rabbis dance with other Jews outside the Rambam Synagogue in Cairo to celebrate the completion of the annual reading of the works of the Rambam — Moses Maimonides, the great 12th century rabbi and scholar. Maimonides spent 29 years of his life at the site of the synagogue…

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Theatre Times Poppy still superb in update version

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 19 March 1987 · page 32

In the same week we have been treated to two quite excellent performances by home-grown dance companies, both to be recommended without any serious qualification. First was Graeme…

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Israeli star for Independence Day concert

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 19 March 1987 · page 3

The Sydney celebration of Israel’s 39th Independence Day will be a gala concert headlined by a top Israeli entertainer…

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H. Ball Flower Girls

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 26 March 1987 · page 38

Kahlee Ulman, 6½, is the daughter of Jenni and Gary Ulman, of Longueville Kahlee is a Grade 1 pupil…

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Debutantes of 1930 70th Home Ball this

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 26 March 1987 · page 10

Twelve debutantes will be presented at the Sir Moses Montefiore 70th Home Ball at the…

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Theatre Times Neil Simon’s play smash hit again

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 26 March 1987 · page 36

Neil Simon’s Gingerbread Woman is packing ’em in at the Ensemble. We know because we were unable to attend the…

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Yaltah Menuhin dedication for concert hall Coming for Melb. ceremony

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 26 March 1987 · page 23

Yaltah Menuhin, younger sister of famous violinist Sir Yehudi Menuhin, will make a private visit to Australia with her husband next month. She will dedicate a room…

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Reviews - Theatre - Magpie’s Nest

Tharunka · Monday 30 March 1987 · page 26

Belvoir St Theatre $8 student ’till 19th Apr. A very powerful play with a very ugly climax. The play deals with the twin issues of life in a…

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Reviews Theatre & Books Gow’s “Europe”

Tharunka · Monday 30 March 1987 · page 27

Europe is Sydney dramatist Michael Gow’s latest play. It is set somewhere in Europe, on the border between age and youth, security and disintegration. People here shoot themselves in the…

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THEATRE Purim Spiel raises cash

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 2 April 1987 · page 22

MELBOURNE: This year’s Emunah Aviv Purim Spiel, Shrying High, raised more than…

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THEATRE BWIU's theatrical triumph

Tribune · Wednesday 8 April 1987 · page 5

"Why shouldn't a union be in show business?", Hugh Hamilton, secretary of the Queensland Building Workers…

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Theatre Times Sydney Dance Co electrifies with new show

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 9 April 1987 · page 25

In the second program of the Sydney Dance Company’s season at the Drama Theatre, Sydney Opera House, Graeme Murphy has [?]one it again, as artistic director,…

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Tel Aviv down in b’ball cup final

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 9 April 1987 · page 36

TEL AVIV: Maccabi Tel Aviv failed in its bid to capture a third European Basketball Cup in Lausanne against Italian club Milan last week…

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O'Neill’s tragic Journey inspires quality theatre

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 9 April 1987 · page 25

This reviewer recently hosted a student from Spain, working on a thesis whose core was that [?]ragedy, in the Greek sense of the word, is missing from 20th century literature, and for very…

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Sophisticated slapstick Alilot Max, Maurice V’bella, Mordoch Ha’aravi V’zebshik Hasus (The Adventures of Max, Maurice and Bella, Mordoch the Arab, and Zebshik the Horse) by Haim Marin. Direction, Michael Gurevitch. Beit Liessin, Tel Aviv, and Haifa Municipal Theatre

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 9 April 1987 · page 18

NOT FOR the first time is the underworld of thieves, ponces, fences and their whores, the setting for a musical…

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La lettre de Paris d’Eddy Batache THEATRE La Tour de Nesle

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 10 April 1987 · page 12

Sous le chapiteau planté sur un terrain vague, entre la Convention et Porte de Vanves, Sylvia Monfort ressuscite "La Tour de Nesle" d'Alexandre…

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Concerts Attrayants

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 10 April 1987 · page 11

Le 3 avril l'Alliance française de Melbourne (Suite à la page 16)…

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