STIGMA OF “COCKNEY.”
AUSTRALIANS SUFFER
Difficulties faced by young Australian actors and actresses in gaining a place on the stage in London were described by Miss Nina Devitt, an Australian who succeeded in variety work and broadcasting, when she reached Sydney by the Cathay.
“In the West End theatres of London, it is fatal to display an Australian accent on the stage because it immediately brands you as ‘Cockney’,” she said. “Fearing the stigma of Cockney, most Australians go terribly English or talk a cosmopolitan jargon which is neither one thing nor the other. As a rule they do well in the end, because they have more nerve than most people. But it is very difficult to get anything big when you first go over.”
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 219, 16 August 1937, Page 8
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125STIGMA OF “COCKNEY.” Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 219, 16 August 1937, Page 8
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