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MS 5908-Records of the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust, 1955-1998 [manuscript]./Class [unnumbered]/Series 18/File 42
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THE AUSTRALIAN ELIZABETHAN THEATRE TRUST  

The Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust is non-profit organization  

established in 1954 to provide Australians with their own national  

ballet, opera and marionette companies and regional drama companies.  

It was the original institution through which public monies were  

channelled to the performing arts not normally within the scope of  

commercial entrepreneurs. This role has now largely passed to the  

Australian Council for the Arts, the Commonwealth Government's  

official body for disbursement of subsidies to wide range of cultural  

activities.  

The Australian Opera and The Australian Ballet, which were established  

by the Trust, have now been reconstituted on an independent basis with  

their own governing bodies and their own management structure.  

The Melbourne Theatre Company, the Old Tote Theatre Company and the  

South Australian Theatre Company, which the Trust helped to found, are  

now also autonomous although they continue to receive annual grants  

from the Trust.  

The Trust maintains two orchestras, the Elizabethan Trust Sydney  

Orchestra and the Elizabethan Trust Melbourne Orchestra which provide  

full-time employment for 118 musicians who accompany The Australian  

Ballet and The Australian Opera, as well as presenting symphony concerts  

and chamber music recitals.  

The Marionette theatre of Australia plays, vital role in bringing  

"live" theatre to city and country children.  

The puppets have just presented their first venture in the famous  

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