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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jun 28, 1968
Page
5
The UBU Films Underground 68 programme shows growing maturity among Australian makers. Several pieces impress with technique and concept, including Prelude In Manuscript and Shoot Shoot Shoot, while others like Draft Card Burners fall short. The program offers thoughtful, sometimes surreal works and hints at further Canberra-run editions.
A young Australian producer's first play about the Ned Kelly gang drew mixed notices in Sheffield. Frank Hatherley, 24, of Mosman Sydney, wrote and directed Wild Colonial Boy for the Sheffield University Drama Group. The epic work spans 15 scenes, 60 speaking parts and six songs. The Morning Telegraph critic called it an agreeable romantic version with well written dialogue but said it never truly roars.
A finished oil sketch by Rubens set a record price of 110157 dollars at a London Christies auction. Agnew's Gallery acquired the work titled Marriage of Constantine and Fausta, a piece once sold a century ago for 528000 dollars. The text also mentions theatre critic notes on Ned Kelly plays and Hatherley’s background in Sydney.
In Los Angeles jazz figure Ziggy Elman, once with Benny Goodman and Tommy Dorsey era bands, known for the song And the Angels Sing, died after a long illness aged 54. He rose to prominence in 1937 with Johnny Mercer penned trumpet pieces and later led his own recording orchestra. He worked with Elman on several films and joined the Benny Goodman day orchestra project before forming his own group.
Thirty three artists including Juan Almoril Josh Battain Barba Coburn John Coburn Kevin Connor and others will be featured in Macquarie Galleries third anniversary exhibition running from tomorrow noon to Wednesday July 3. Paintings priced at 75 dollars and under will be on view daily 10 30am to 5pm Saturday Monday Tuesday and Wednesday with Sunday hours 2pm to 5pm. The show highlights artists from the past three years and previews future participants for a forthcoming pvint show.
A dated TV guide lists school programmes like Fifth Form Maths and Third Form Maths Statistics, plus science and music segments. It features kid shows such as Here Comes Humphrey and Mickey Mouse Club, dramas including The Troubleshooters and Peyton Place, and late night film Robbery Under Arms with star cast.
A radio listing outlines performances from the Jerusalem Chamber Orchestra including Kol Israel News and various music programs. The schedule highlights mid morning to evening talks and concerts with pieces like The Lost Railway and Stravinsky, plus World Tomorrow and prayer segments.
An Australiana boom features in Verity Hewitt Bookshop exhibition on June 2 at 2 pm. The display curates eighteenth and nineteenth century prints and books, including Webber pieces from Cook’s voyage, Hogarth afterprints, coast studies, and a coloured mezzotint aqua tint.
Listener survey based Top Forty from 2CA lists weekly hits and drops. Names include The Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, Elvis and Dionne Warwick among others with positions and track notes, reflecting a chatty compact chart of popular tunes and artists.
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