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Doris Fitton's production of Sumner Locke Elliott's fine Australian Army play Rusty Bugles, 1948

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[Pix, 25 December 1948, p11 via Trove]

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Sumner Locke Elliott

Sumner Locke Elliott, actor, playwright and novelist, lived in Sydney until 1948 and thereafter in the United States. In the 1960s after a successful career as a playwright he decided to reinvent himself as a novelist and of his ten novels five are based on his life in Sydney between the 1920s and 1940s. He won the Miles Franklin Award in 1963 and the Patrick White Award in 1977.

Theatre

World War II

Law and Order

Armed forces

Elliott, Sumner Locke

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Novelist, playwright and actor who won the Miles Franklin Literary Award in 1963 and the Patrick White Literary Award in 1977.

Independent Theatre

Tram shed, boxing venue, cinema and now theatre at 269 Miller St, North Sydney.

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PIX

Popular culture magazine which feature a mix of scandal, sensationalism, human-interest stories, fashion, politics, culture and entertainment.

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Fitton, Doris

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Actor, director and theatrical entrepreneur.

Independent Theatre

Theatre company founded by Doris Fitton with the help of Beatrice Tildesley.

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