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JOHN CLARK is about to retire after thirty-five years as director of the National Institute of Dramatic Arts (NIDA). When he departs it will be from a campus neighbouring, though not part of, the University of New South Wales, Sydney. When Clark started with NIDA, stepping forth from a promising career as a stage director, it occupied a jumble of huts on UNSW ground near Randwick racecourse. One of the principal buildings was a former jockeys' changing room.
NIDA teaches a broad range of theatrical skills and has poured a river of trained talent into every corner of the performing arts in Australia. Its actors have landed with the loudest explosions, though--Mel ...