Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust
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The Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust (AETT) was set up in 1954 under the guidance of H. C. ‘Nugget’ Coombs, Governor of the Commonwealth Bank, Charles Moses General Manager, Australian Broadcasting Commission and John Douglas Pringle, Editor of The Sydney Morning Herald, to "provide a theatre of Australians by Australians for Australians".
The Trust has played a key role in establishing high culture in Australia through its involvement in setting up the:
- The Australian Opera Company in 1956
- Elizabethan Opera Ballet Company, a short lived ballet company set up in 1957, and with J. C. Williamson Ltd the Australian Ballet Foundation in 1961 and the Australian Ballet School under the direction of Margaret Scott.
- Elizabethan Trust Orchestra in 1967, which later split into Melbourne and Sydney Symphony Orchestra in 1969.
It has also supported:
- National Institute of Dramatic Arts (NIDA)
- Marionette Theatre of Australia
- Australian Theatre of the Deaf
- Old Tote Company
- Melbourne Theatre Company
- South Australian Theatre Company.
[edit] References
- The Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust: the first year, Sydney: The Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust, 1956
- Stephen Alomes, The search for a National Theatre, Voices, Spring 1993, pp. 21-37.
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