is Douglas Stewart's Ned Kelly one of Australia's great forgotten plays?
- Written by: Julian Meyrick, Professor of Creative Arts, Griffith University
Ned Kelly's death maskWikimedia commonsIn 1943, Dolia Ribush, a Russian-speaking Latvian theatre director of medium height and considerable charm, made an illegal trip to Sydney from Melbourne — interstate travel at that time, as during Covid-19, being restricted.
Ribush’s aim was to persuade Australia’s leading poet to...
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