Betty Can Jump

Betty Can Jump was a group devised theatre performance that was first performed in January 1972.

[1] It was rehearsed at the Australian Performing Group's Pram Factory then located in Carlton, Victoria.

[2] Participants in the performance included Claire Dobbin, Helen Garner, Evelyn Krape, Jude Kuring and Yvonne Marini.

[3] The name is derived from John and Betty, a Victorian Department of Education children's reader from 1951, where the male/female protagonists were stereotypes, playing with truck and dog and pram and cat, respectively.

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