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The University of Adelaide Theatre Guild is a South Australian not-for-profit amateur theatre company〔Hibberd, M, 2012, About the Theatre Guild, http://www.adelaide.edu.au/theatreguild/about/〕〔New Adelaide Theatre Guide, 2012, University of Adelaide Theatre Guild, http://www.theatreguide.com.au/current_site/directory/companies_detail.php?CompanyID=uniguild〕 based on the North Terrace campus of the University of Adelaide.〔Lost On Campus, http://lostoncampus.com.au/15731〕 Established in 1938, the Guild is formally recognised as a society associated with the University, as well as being recognised as a club within its Clubs Association.〔 It is one of Australia’s longest running amateur theatre companies. ==History== The Theatre Guild formed in 1938 alongside a number of local Australian theatre groups aiming to develop intellectual and experimental theatre, and in particular Australian theatre.〔Round, K, 1999, ''As Many Lives As A Cat? The University of Adelaide Theatre Guild, 1938-1998''. Openbook Publishers, p12. ISBN 978-0-86396-665-1.〕 In the context of acclaimed international university theatre groups, including the Dramatic Societies at Oxford and Cambridge, its academic founders believed that universities "had a responsibility to support serious drama".〔 In its early days, it interspersed its challenging material with less challenging works, in attempting to both meet its founding mandate and maintain a degree of mainstream currency.〔Round, K, 1999, ''As Many Lives As A Cat? The University of Adelaide Theatre Guild, 1938-1998''. Openbook Publishers, p13. ISBN 978-0-86396-665-1.〕 In the 1960s, the Guild hit headlines〔Sheasby, B, 2012, ''Fashions, fame and (almost) fisticuffs: Reflections of The Ham Funeral and the 1960s'', http://statetheatresa.posterous.com/fashions-fame-and-almost-fisticuffs-reflectio〕 when it was caught in the midst of a dispute between Patrick White and the Board of Governors of the Adelaide Festival over the premiering of the former's first published play, ''The Ham Funeral''.〔Round, K, 1999, ''As Many Lives As A Cat? The University of Adelaide Theatre Guild, 1938-1998''. Openbook Publishers, p46. ISBN 978-0-86396-665-1.〕〔Cook, A, 2011, Patrick White and the University of Adelaide Theatre Guild, 1961-1964, http://blogs.adelaide.edu.au/uni-archives/2011/08/12/patrick-white/〕〔Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 2011, The Ham Funeral, http://www.abc.net.au/arts/white/titles/plays/hamfuneral.html〕 ''The Ham Funeral'' was rejected from inclusion in the Festival, as it was deemed too ‘difficult’〔State Theatre Company of South Australia, 2012, The Ham Funeral, http://www.statetheatrecompany.com.au/whats-on/season-2012/the-ham-funeral〕 for audiences by the Board of Governors – following this 'controversial'〔〔 announcement, the Guild’s chairman Dr. Harry Medlin received a copy of the script, and he insisted that it be incorporated into the Theatre Guild’s 1961 season.〔〔Dr. Harry Medlin remembers the world premiere production of Patrick White's The Ham Funeral, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwKJjx4d51g〕 After a furore of national significance, the performance at the University of Adelaide was well received by critics and audiences alike,〔Latimer, W, 1962, The Ham Funeral, ''Pix'' magazine, p58-60. Archived at http://www.crookedmirror.com/soundandlight/HamFuneralPix.html〕 perhaps partially owing to an underdog appeal. In David Marr's biography of White, ''Patrick White: A Life'', Australian critic Geoffrey Dutton said of ''The Ham Funeral'' that: "()erhaps there was among the audience the thought that a reactionary Establishment was being beaten on its own ground, that the evening was going to be a triumph of the imagination over mediocrity. So it was."〔Dutton, G in Marr, D, 1991, ''Patrick White: A Life''. Random House Australia, 1991, p13. ISBN 1741667577.〕 White’s next two plays, ''The Season at Sarsaparilla'' (1962) and ''Night On Bald Mountain'' (1964), were also performed by the Guild in the wake of ''The Ham Funeral’s'' success.〔The University of Adelaide Archives, 2012, Theatre Guild Production Records for Patrick White Plays, http://www.adelaide.edu.au/records/archives/guide/1477.htm〕 In 1973, White became the only laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature to receive the prize while an Australian citizen.〔Australian Nobel Prize Winners, 2006, http://www.whitehat.com.au/australia/people/NobelPrize.asp〕 In 2009, ''The Season at Sarsaparilla'' was performed by the Sydney Theatre Company;〔Waites, J, 2007, The Season at Sarsparilla, http://www.australianstage.com.au/reviews/sydney/the-season-at-sarsaparilla--stc-198.html〕 ironically, in 2012, the State Theatre Company performed ''The Ham Funeral'' as a part of the Festival to mark its half centenary.〔 Peter Goers, known for hosting The Evening Show on 891 ABC Adelaide, was Artistic Director of the University of Adelaide Theatre Guild from 1981 to 1984.〔Round, K, 1999, ''As Many Lives As A Cat? The University of Adelaide Theatre Guild, 1938-1998''. Openbook Publishers, p142-143. ISBN 978-0-86396-665-1.〕 Chris Drummond, who has been the Artistic Director of Brink Productions since the inauguration of the position in 2004,〔Brink Productions, 2010, Brink Beginnings, http://www.brinkproductions.com/brink-beginnings〕 was Director-in-Residence of the Guild in 1996.〔Round, K, 1999, ''As Many Lives As A Cat? The University of Adelaide Theatre Guild, 1938-1998''. Openbook Publishers, p146. ISBN 978-0-86396-665-1.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「University of Adelaide Theatre Guild」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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