Beyond the Stage

In the beautifully illustrated Beyond the Stage, essays by leading Australian artists and academics examine the impact of the Great War and its aftermath on creativity and performance in South Australia.

There are historical studies of key individuals, such as Adelaide's Telsie Hague, and the role of women performers as fundraisers and active agents of wartime patriotism. The contribution of artistic companies, such as the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, State Opera of South Australia and State Theatre Company, is examined. Steve Vizard dissects the preposterously unlikely - and highly entertaining - encounter between Sir Lawrence Olivier and Mo (aka Roy Rene), helping the reader explore Australian national identity after the Great War.

And completing this remarkable book are thought-provoking personal reflections on the nature of memory and commemoration.

Anna Goldsworthy was awarded Newcomer of the Year at the 2010 Australian Book Industry Awards for her debut memoir, Piano Lessons, which was released in Australia and internationally. Other literary publications include the memoir Welcome to Your New Life, the Quarterly Essay Unfinished Business: Sex, freedom and misogyny, and the novel Melting Moments. She edited Best Australian Essays 2017. Mark Carroll is an Adelaide based musician, educator and academic. Carroll was a member of Young Modern in the late 1970s and for their reformation in the 2000s. He has a regular spot on 5AA radio as 'The Rock Doctor' and is co-director of The J.M. Coetzee Centre for Creative Practice at the Elder Conservatorium. His previous publications include The Ballets Russes in Australia and Beyond, A Self-Portrait of Percy Grainger and Music and Ideology in Cold War Europe.

In the beautifully illustrated Beyond the Stage, essays by leading Australian artists and academics examine the impact of the Great War and its aftermath on creativity and performance in South Australia. There are historical studies of key individuals, such as Adelaide's Telsie Hague, and the role of women performers as fundraisers and active agents of wartime patriotism. The contribution of artistic companies, such as the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, State Opera of South Australia and State Theatre Company, is examined. Steve Vizard dissects the preposterously unlikely - and highly entertaining - encounter between Sir Lawrence Olivier and Mo (aka Roy Rene), helping the reader explore Australian national identity after the Great War. And completing this remarkable book are thought-provoking personal reflections on the nature of memory and commemoration.

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