Lost golden afternoon THE EDWARDIANS review
A 1970s style survey of J B Priestley The Edwardians, praising rich illustrations and vivid portraits of Shaw Kitchener Wells Churchill and others. It notes Priestley’s strength in personal experience and arts discussion while questioning too fond a portrayal of Edwardian ease. The book traces 1900 to 1914 and the shift after Edward VII’s death.
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Mr Priestley
Britain
Shaw, Kit
Priestly
Via
Priestley
Edward VII
Non hero with a fast gun INDIANS by Kopit at Methven
Arthur Kopit play Non hero with a fast gun opens at Methven. Production runs 79 pages with a $120 price. The note contrasts American influence with a local perspective as the text begins.
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Arthur Kopit
Methven
Too Much Of A Good Thing In Porter And Kopit Critiques
A compact review noting Hal Porter’s seven Japan set tales in which Westerners clash with urban Japan and a biting satire on sociocultural dissonance. It compares Porter's language to Maugham, laments excess, and highlights the linked critique of modern mythmaking. The piece also discusses Arthur Kopit’s play Indians, portraying Buffalo Bill through a critical, visceral lens and praising its thought-provoking impact after revisions for U.S. stages.
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Japan
Hong Kong
Europe
Bulletin
Porter
Mc Butterfly
Chie
Lisa
Spomger Harte-Browne
Perrot
Tad
Rajani
Mr Porter
Mr Butterfly
Man and His Environment shows Australian concern for pollution
ACF publishers present Man and His Environment edited by R T Appleyard with eleven papers on human adaptation population growth mental health and ecological history. Environmental Pollution from ACF and Royal Society of Victoria features nine papers on water and air pollution and legislative control. The Effluent Society by Don Whitington surveys evidence before Senate committees, critiquing state regulatory inertia and multiple laws.
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Man
R. T. Appleyard
University of Western Australia
Australian Conservation Foundation
ACF
Melbourne
Boyden
McCall
Alpers
Kidd
Appleyard
The
Royal Society of Victoria
Australia
Don Whitington
Senate
Whitington
Senate Select
Victoria
Passenger to Frankfurt review by Agatha Christie
The piece contrasts Christie’s Passenger to Frankfurt with the classic whodunit trend. It praises her responsible approach yet criticizes the novel’s sprawling cast and heavy over writing. It notes embedded espionage themes and a late murder, concluding the work is a fantasy not equal to Witness for the Prosecution.
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Agatha Christie
Frankfurt
Ed McBain
Precinct 87
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