Under the Coolibah Tree explained
| Under the Coolibah Tree |
| Music: | Various, including Dick Diamond |
| Premiere Date: | 18 March 1955 |
| Premiere Location: | All Saints Hall, Brisbane |
| Productions: | 1956 New Theatre Sydney[1] |
Under the Coolibah Tree is a 1955 Australian musical by Dick Diamond. It was Diamond's follow up to his successful musical Reedy River and like that used bush folk songs.[2]
It debuted in Brisbane in 1955 and had a season at the New Theatre in Sydney.[3] The musical was also performed at the Melbourne Olympic Arts Festival.[4]
Premise
In the 1880s, a paddle steamer has run aground on the Darling River while carrying a cargo of beer to Bourke. Local shearers become involved, as does a free settler and his Aboriginal friends, the ship's captain.[5]
External links
Notes and References
- News: WHAT'S ON . . 967 . New South Wales, Australia . 3 October 1956 . 28 August 2023 . 12 . National Library of Australia.
- Web site: Queensland Sings. Theatre Heritage. 5 December 2015. Peter. Pinne.
- News: From Reedy River to Coolibah Tree . . 884 . New South Wales, Australia . 2 March 1955 . 28 August 2023 . 8 . National Library of Australia.
- Angela O'Brien, 'Diamond, Richard Frank (Dick) (1906–1989)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/diamond-richard-frank-dick-12417/text22323, published first in hardcopy 2007, accessed online 28 August 2023.
- News: A SHOW TO TAKE YOUR FRIENDS TO . . 970 . New South Wales, Australia . 24 October 1956 . 28 August 2023 . 8 . National Library of Australia.
