Volume 5 No. 4 — 1 October 1972

Review of Theatre Comes to Australia by Eric Irvin, and A Family of Brothers: The Taits and J.C. Williamson; a Theatre History by Viola Tait

Walter Stone

Abstract

Stone reviews two books about early Australian theatre.

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Published 1 October 1972 in Volume 5 No. 4. Subjects: Drama & theatre criticism.

Cite as: Stone, Walter. ‘Review of Theatre Comes to Australia by Eric Irvin, and A Family of Brothers: The Taits and J.C. Williamson; a Theatre History by Viola Tait.’ Australian Literary Studies, vol. 5, no. 4, 1972, doi: 10.20314/als.56c3aff029.

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