Temporal setting: Circa 1990
Location notes:
Willie, Slippery and Tadpole pass through the Roebuck Plains on their way to Broome.
Temporal setting: Circa 1990
Location notes:
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Temporal setting: Circa 1990
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Two rows of deckchairs face one another across the forestage. Streeter's Jetty projects towards the audience, with a pool of water on either side. On the jetty are small railway lines. There is sand and coloured Broome rocks.
(p. Act One)
Temporal setting: Circa 1990
Location notes:
“The Sun Pictures building in Broome’s Chinatown was constructed at the turn of the century on a site owned by the Yamsaki family. Initially the spacious double-fronted tin structure served as an Asian emporium selling imported Asian foodstuffs, clothing and other household goods to Broome’s polyglot community. The Yamasaki building was the most commodious store in Carnarvon Street, an area where shops, bazaars, brothels, food stalls, in the Asian quarter known as Chinatown. The Yamasaki family’s love affair with theatre however, saw them devote a portion of the building to a Japanese playhouse where traditional Noh theatre was performed. In 1913, Master Pearler Ted Hunter purchased the building from the Yamasaki family and commissioned architect Claude Hawkes, to design and construct a picture theatre that would seat up to 500 people.
Sun Pictures officially opened on December 9th 1916 with a silent movie, English Racing Drama ‘Kissing Cup’ with supporting ‘Bachelor Brown’ Comic"
(http://www.broomemovies.com.au/history.html).
The Sun Pictures still operates today and is located on Carnarvon Street near the Short St intersection in Broome.
Quotes
“Sun Pictures. Broome.
Two rows of deckchairs face one another across the forestage. Streeter's Jetty projects towards the audience, with a pool of water on either side. On the jetty are small railway lines. There is sand and coloured Broome rocks. In the back The Sun Pictures movie screen is the backdrop.”
(p. Act One)
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