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Mary Lord

Christina Stead Supplement | Editorial

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July 1982, no. 42
Christina Stead Supplement | Editorial by Mary Lord

ABR is very proud to present its readers with this special supplement in honour of the eightieth birthday of one of Australia's most significant writers, Christina Stead, whose birthday falls on July 17. I am particularly grateful for John McLaren for asking me to edit this supplement and for thus allowing me to be associated with this gesture of respect and esteem towards one whom I regard as a most valued friend.

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The Golden Age of Australian Opera: W. S. Lyster and his Companies 1861–1880 by Harold Love

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June 1982, no. 41

For those who think that opera in Australia only began to get off the ground this book will come as something of a shock. There was a time, over a hundred years ago, when enthusiastic audiences drawn from across the social spectrum supported ‘regular seasons of the world’s best musical theatre’ by a resident, commercial opera company which played in all the major capital cities.

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Australian Melodrama: Eighty Years of Popular Theatre by Eric Irvin

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June 1982, no. 41
Mary Lord reviews 'Australian Melodrama' by Eric Irvin

It seems that going to the theatre has always been a popular activity with Australians. Popular theatre during the period covered by this book (1834–1914) staged a remarkable variety of Australian plays: operettas, melodramas, burlesques, sensation plays, and extravaganzas. On Our Selection, the first play to be called ‘Australian through and through’, opened to an audience of more than a thousand and achieved tremendous popularity.

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