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Author |
Adamson, C.M. |
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Title |
Call
it a Date |
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Date |
1936 |
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Length |
One Act |
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Setting |
The
interior of a London dressmaker's shop from about half-past
nine in the morning. |
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Characters |
LITTLE
MISS SNORTER, messenger girl
MISS SMITH, head assistant
MISS STEINBERG, junior assistant
MADAME DURCOT
MISS CHITTERING, a customer
AN UNPLEASANT DAMSEL, another customer
THE YOUNG HUSBAND, another customer
MESSENGER BOY
THE MASSIVE LADY, another customer
ANNE, Madam's daughter (aged 15) |
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Subject(s) |
Work and Business |
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| 2 |
Author |
Afford, Max |
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Title |
Lady
in Danger: A Comedy-Thriller in Three Acts |
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Date |
1942 |
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Length |
Three
Acts |
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Setting |
- I.i
Living room of the Seftons' flat, near Bayswater, London.
About 9.30 pm one evening in summer.
- I.ii
The same. About 6.20 pm the following evening.
- II.i
The same. About 7.30 pm the following evening.
- II.ii
The same. One hour later.
- III
Lounge in the nursing home of Dr Francis Gresham, near Hampstead.
This act overlaps Act II by ten minutes.
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Characters |
1.
BILL SEFTON
2. MONICA SEFTON
3. MRS BRIGID FLANNAGAN
4. DR FRANCIS
GRESHAM
5. SYLVIA MEADE
6. ANDREW MEADE
7. CHIEF INSPECTOR BURKE
8. DETECTIVE DENNIS MARSH
9. CONSTABLE POGSON
10. CARL |
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Cast |
1. James Pratt
2. Gwen Plumb
3. Dorothy Whiteley
4. Norman Haire
5. Hazel Hollander
6. Kenneth Fowles
7. David Rattner
8. Desmond
Rolfe
9. Sydney Chambers
10. John Cameron |
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Subject(s) |
Espionage;
Law and Justice; Murder |
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Published |
Mulga Publications, Sydney, 1944. |
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Held
in MS/TS |
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Hanger Collection. |
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| 3 |
Author |
Aldous,
Allan |
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Title |
Enter
the Author |
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Date |
1935 |
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Length |
One
Act |
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Setting |
Richard
Warner's study. |
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Characters |
RICHARD
WARNER, a playwright
BENTON, a neighbour and friend
BETTY CHRISTIE,
the heroine of Warner's play
HAROLD HARGOOD, the hero
MILES
JUDSON, the villain |
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Subject(s) |
Art
and Artists; Fantasy; Writers and Writing |
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| 4 |
Author |
Aldous,
Allan |
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Title |
Man
With Three Hands, The |
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Date |
1958 |
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Length |
One
Act |
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Setting |
The
Professor's Laboratory. |
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Characters |
-
PROFESSOR
- MISS-ER-UM
- MRS
PROFESSOR
- YOUNG
MAN
- TITANIA
- MAN
FROM JUPITER (The Man with Three Hands)
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Subject(s) |
Art
and Artists; Children's Theatre; Fantasy; Science |
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| 5 |
Author |
Aldous, Allan |
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Title |
Old
Melbourne Town |
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Date |
1956 |
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Length |
One Act |
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Setting |
I.i
Projected background of Collins Street. 1956.
I.ii The same.
1910.
I.iii The same. 1880.
I.iv The same. 1857.
I.v The same.
1839.
I.vi Projected background of virgin bushland. |
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Characters |
NARRATOR
BATMAN
FLEMMING
FAWKNER
FISHER
RUSSELL
IRISHMAN
CLERK
CHAIRMAN
WOOD
DARKE
WEDGE
BOURKE
LONSDALE
HODDLE
HAWDON
MR AND MRS SMITH
MR AND MRS BROWN
IRVING
MR AND MRS ROBINSON
COUNCILLOR
HOOSON
FATHER AND MOTHER
PASSER-BY
KELLY
JONES
DISGRUNTLED DIGGER
LEGAL
CHARACTER
MR AND MRS CONDELL |
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Subject(s) |
Colonial Period; Historical Events or Characters; Melbourne;
Pageant |
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| 6 |
Author |
Antill,
Major-General John Macquarie and Antill-de Warren, Rose |
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Title |
Emancipist,
The: An Historical Drama in Three Acts |
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Date |
1936 |
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Length |
Three Acts: Thirteen Scenes |
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Setting |
-
I.i The quarter-deck of H.M.S. Standard, anchored on the
Thames. Other warships in the vicinity at anchorage. It
is the year 1797. The skyline of London is seen in the background.
- I.ii
The cabin of Captain Hawkins. He is seated at a table.
- I.iii
The same. A court-martial is about to open.
- I.iv
The quarter-deck of H.M.S. Standard, three days later.
- II.i
A prison cell at Dartmoor Prison four years later.
- II.ii
A street in front of the Military Barracks, Sydney. Six
months later - a rough road the convicts have been making.
- II.iii
The private courtyard of the Norfolk Island Prison Infirmary.
Two years later (1803). In the distance, a ship at anchor
and working parties of convicts amidst gardens.
- III.i
The study of Government House, Sydney, 8 years later.
- III.ii
The Gardens adjoining Government House, some months later.
- III.iii
The same. Six months later.
- III.iv
The same. The next day.
- III.v
The Barracks mess-room. Some days later.
- III.vi
The garden at Government House, with the vice-regal residence
at back.
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Characters |
SURGEON
REDFERN
LIEUTENANT GLOSTER
CAPTAIN HAWKINS
PETTY OFFICER BARTON
OFFICER ESCORT
CAPTAIN OF MARINES
JUDGE ADVOCATE
PRESIDENT OF
THE COURT MARTIAL
FIVE SENIOR NAVAL OFFICERS
PROSECUTOR
OFFICERS,
MARINES, SAILORS
FLAG LIEUTENANT
GAOLER
MRS REDFERN
WARDER
GROOM
OFFICER OF PRISONERS' ESCORT
CORPORAL
SARA WILLS
GOVERNOR KING
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL FOVEAUX
A WORKING PARTY OF CONVICTS
BRONSON,
a servant
HENRY FULTON
GOVERNOR LACHLAN MacQUARIE
MAJOR HENRY
GOLDEN ANTILL, Aide-de-camp to Macquarie
KEOGH, a servant at
Government House
NURSE
MR AND MRS EDWARD SPENCER WILLS
ELIZA
WILLS
MR WILLIAM COX
MAID
MRS MacQUARIE
RICHARDSON, the gardener
MR HOWE, Editor of the Sydney Gazette
MURPHY, off-duty constable
and friend of Richardson
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL MOLLE, C.O. 46th
Regiment
CITIZENS AND THEIR WOMENFOLK
HIGHLAND PIPERS |
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Subject(s) |
Colonial
Period; Convicts; Historical Events or Characters ; Law and
Justice |
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Published |
Angus
and Robertson, Sydney, 1936. |
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Held in MS/TS |
ANL
holds a collection of Rose Antill de Warren papers, MS 7092. |
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| 7 |
Author |
Armstrong,
H. D. |
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Title |
Pretty Bargain, A |
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Date |
1939 |
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Length |
One Act |
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Setting |
The
Hansons' home. |
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Characters |
JULIAN
HANSON
ESTHER, his wife
SAMUEL, Julian's brother
JENNY, his
wife
JANE HUMPELDRICK, aunt to Julian and Samuel
ALICE, parlour
maid to the Hansons |
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Subject(s) |
Family
Relations; Money |
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| 8 |
Author |
Armstrong,
H.D. and Armstrong, Millicent Sylvia (writing collaboratively
as "Pejar") |
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Title |
Unfortunate
Archibalds, The |
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Date |
1931 |
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Length |
Three
Acts |
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Setting |
The
sitting room of Mrs Archibald's cottage, "The Nest", in a populous
Sydney suburb. |
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Characters |
MRS
ARCHIBALD
ANNABEL, CLARA, LUCY, her daughters
HORACE ARCHIBALD,
her only son
PERCE DAWSON
COLIN DURANCE, engaged to Lucy
MRS
JAMES, a neighbour
MR TEMPERLEY, junior partner of the firm
of Thompson and Lavender, Solicitors |
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Subject(s) |
Family
Relations; Money; Social Status |
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| 9 |
Author |
Armstrong,
Millicent Sylvia |
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Title |
At
Dusk |
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Date |
1934 |
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Length |
One
Act |
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Setting |
The
living room of a bush homestead. |
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Characters |
1. JIM, a cocky (small farmer)
2. AMY, his wife
3. LILY, her
sister |
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Cast |
Sydney
Drama Society, 23 July 1938:
1. Gordon Gow
2. Trixie Gore
3.
Marjorie Gore |
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Subject(s) |
Bush Life |
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Published |
Best
Australian One Act Plays, Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1937. |
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| 10 |
Author |
Armstrong,
Millicent Sylvia |
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Title |
Drought |
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Date |
1923 |
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Length |
One
Act |
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Setting |
Living
room of a bush shanty near the Bogan River, western New South
Wales at the time of the great drought of 1902. |
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Characters |
JOE,
a selector
ELLIE, his wife |
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Subject(s) |
Bush
Life; Drought; Marriage; Mental Illness; Suicide |
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Published |
Prize One Act Plays: Three Plays Chosen for Professional Production
by the International One-Act Play Theatre, Harrap, London,1934.
Plays in One Act, Edwards and Shaw, Sydney, 1958. |
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| 11 |
Author |
Armstrong,
Millicent Sylvia |
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Title |
Fire |
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Date |
1923 |
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Length |
Four Acts |
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Setting |
I A sitting room in the homestead of Myall Station, western
New South Wales.
II The morning room at Uralga (Harry Carruthers'
station). The next day.
III The same. A few seconds later.
IV
Glen's shanty. During the ensuing night. |
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Characters |
ETTA
FITZGERALD, joint-owner of Myall Station
HUGO FITZGERALD, Etta's
brother and joint owner of Myall
ADRIAN WOTTON, a padre
HENRY
CARRUTHERS, a neighbouring station-owner and Etta's suitor
MRS
ISIDORE HISSEY and MISS MAY CARRUTHERS, Henry Carruthers' aunts
JANET, their parlormaid
DOROTHY ELLIOTT
GEORGE ELLIOTT, Dorothy's
father
CRYSTAL ROSE, a servant girl
MICHAEL GLEN |
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Subject(s) |
Bush Life; Returned Servicemen |
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Published |
Daily Telegraph, Sydney, 1923. |
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| 12 |
Author |
Armstrong,
Millicent Sylvia |
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Title |
Goblin Gold (0riginal title: Who Knows?) |
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Date |
1932 ca |
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Setting |
Gulgandra
Station, owned by Mrs Debenham, in the Southern Tablelands of
New South Wales. The present. |
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Characters |
MRS
MARGARET DEBENHAM
MEGGIE AND JOAN DEBENHAM, Margaret's nieces
JACK SMITH
GEORGE STANFORTH, engaged to Meggie
STEPHEN DAVIES, overseer of Gulgandra Station
BERT HOBLEY
DAN BRODY
THE REV ERNEST CATHCART, a neigbour
MISS CATHCART, Rev Cathcart's sister
MR AND MRS DE MORGAN, neighbours
MR AND MRS BINGLEY, neighbours |
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Subject(s) |
Bush Life; Family Relations; Murder |
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| 13 |
Author |
Armstrong,
Millicent Sylvia |
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Title |
Moon Sets, The |
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Date |
1958 |
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Length |
Three Acts: Seven Scenes |
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Setting |
- I.i
The living room of a small station in the Southern Highlands
of N.S.W. The present. Early evening in late Spring.
- I.ii
The same. Midnight.
- II.i
The same. Eight o'clock the next morning.
- II.ii
The same. Later in the morning.
- II.iii
The same. Afternoon, same day.
- III.i
The same. Towards evening, same day.
- III.ii
The same. Several hours later.
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Characters |
NATALIE
SYLVESTER
DOROTHY MORLAND, Natalie's aunt by marriage
JAMES
McMAUGH ("Mack")
ANDREW, ESTER and HECTOR BRENNAN, Natalie's
cousins |
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Subject(s) |
Murder |
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| 14 |
Author |
Armstrong,
Millicent Sylvia |
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Title |
Nina |
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Date |
1936 |
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Length |
Three Acts: Five Scenes |
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Setting |
I.i
Library at Craven Court. A Friday afternoon in September.
I.ii
The same. After dinner.
II.i The same. Next morning.
III The
living room of Alison Trevor's flat in Chelsea. Six Months later. |
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Characters |
HENRY
CRAVEN-WARING, of Craven Court in Surrey
CHARLES, his elder
son
ROBERT, a younger son
NINA, Charles' wife
SYBIL, Robert's
wife
EMILY CRAVEN
LEWIS BASCOMBE
ALISON TREVOR
ALSTON
HAWKINS |
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Cast |
On
the occasion of the 1936 public reading the Cast included Alfred
Race, C. D. Bissett, Ann Gordon, W. Rees, Irene Thirkell and
Mary Hoskins. |
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Subject(s) |
Mental Illness; Murder |
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| 15 |
Author |
Armstrong,
Millicent Sylvia |
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Title |
Penny Dreadful |
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Date |
1958 |
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Length |
One Act |
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Setting |
Sitting-room
of a modern house in one of the outermost London suburbs. Evening. |
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Characters |
DR HENRY WILBERFORCE
MRS JENNIFER WILBERFORCE, his wife
JAMES
MILSON
MRS ISABEL MILSON, Jennifer's sister
MRS ANGUS MAGGIE,
a servant |
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Subject(s) |
Crime; Murder |
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Published |
Plays in One Act, Sydney, Edwards and Shaw, 1958. |
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| 16 |
Author |
Armstrong, Millicent Sylvia |
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Title |
Thomas |
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Date |
1958 |
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Length |
One Act |
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Setting |
The
sitting-room of a small suburban flat around 1904. |
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Characters |
MISS
ISABEL MEADOWS
MISS DOROTHY MEADOWS
MRS MacFARLANE
GEORGE MEADOWS
A CAB-DRIVER
MARY (wife of George Meadows) THOMAS |
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Subject(s) |
Domestic
Life; Family Relations |
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Published |
Plays in One Act, Edwards and Shaw, Sydney, 1958 |
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| 17 |
Author |
Ashworth,
Arthur and Kelly, Philip |
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Title |
Ashes
of Roses |
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Date |
1956 |
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Length |
Three
Acts: Four Scenes |
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Setting |
I.i
The lounge room of Godfrey Rose's house in ' Talbogrin. The
present (ca 1959).
I.ii The same, after dinner that evening.
II The same, some days later.
III The same, several weeks later. |
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Characters |
GRANDMA ROSE, matriarch, widow of Herbert Rose, pioneer
GODFREY ROSE, Herbert's businessman son
JEAN ROSE, Godfrey's somewhat distracted wife
VERONICA, Jean and Godfrey's daughter
CYNTHIA, Grandma Rose's daughter
SWEENEY, Cynthia's husband
ALBERTA, Sweeney's daughter and a bored society beauty
BILL HASSELL, manager of the Roses' station
LADY BUNCE, a society organiser
DIGBY SUMMERHILL, an artistic man of uncertain age
REG TUTTLE, Mayor of Talbogrin
MRS DIPPLE, President of the local Country Women's Assoc.
MISS LOUP, librarian at Talbogrin
MYRTLE SLOUT, curvacious blonde from the local Milk Bar
ANDY, reporter on theTalbogrin Courier
ANN JULES, reporter from Universal Woman |
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Subject(s) |
Bush
Life; Family Relations; Public Life |
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| 18 |
Author |
Atherton |
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Title |
Pitch and Toss |
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Date |
1937 |
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Length |
One Act |
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Setting |
The lounge of Colonel Manning's home in Sussex. A late afternoon
in August 1914. |
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Characters |
COLONEL
MANNING
ISOBEL MANNING, his wife
TOM MANNING
IVOR MANNING
KIT
RAYMOND
FRANK DAIN
ALICE STANLEY
JOAN HOWE
MASON, a butler |
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Subject(s) |
Paranormal
and Spiritual; War; World War I |
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| 19 |
Author |
Atkinson, Evelyn John Rupert |
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Title |
Dead Man's Ghost, The |
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Date |
1925 |
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Length |
One Act |
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Setting |
Interior of a wood-cutter's camp in the Blue Mountains about
a hundred years ago. |
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Characters |
MEG,
Donald's wife
SEBASTIAN, her brother
HEWLETT, her foster-brother
GAFFER, an old man serving as cook and rouseabout
BUX, one of
a gang of road-makers
THE APPARITION, GADGE |
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Subject(s) |
Murder;
Paranormal and Spiritual; Verse Drama |
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Published |
Edward A. Vidler, Melbourne, 1925. A Prologue and Three Plays,
Edward A. Vidler, Melbourne, 1928. |
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| 20 |
Author |
Atkinson, Evelyn John Rupert |
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Title |
Each
Man a Multitude: A Fantastic Tragedy in Three Acts |
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Date |
1923 |
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Length |
Prologue and Three Acts |
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Setting |
The
library of the town flat occupied by Dr Ian Murchison. |
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Characters |
GERARD
MORTIMER
PIERRE and GUSTAV, Mortimer's chief subconscious personalities
ALTHEA
DR IAN MURCHISON
JACK WILDING
SIR PHILIP LETHRIDGE
THE
MAID |
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Subject(s) |
Art
and Artists; Mental Illness; Murder; Paranormal and Spiritual;
Psychoanalysis; Verse Drama; Writers and Writing |
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Published |
Edward A. Vidler, Melbourne, 1923. A Prologue and Three Plays,
Edward A. Vidler, Melbourne, 1928. |
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Author |
Atkinson,
Evelyn John Rupert |
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Title |
Nocturne,
A |
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Date |
1919 |
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Length |
Two
Acts: Twelve Scenes |
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Setting |
I.i
A pier at night.
I.ii The sitting room in Mark's flat.
I.iii
A poorly furnished room. A month later.
I.iv A back street in
the slums at night. A month later.
I.v The same. Some weeks
later.
II.i The same, four hours later.
II.ii Keith's sitting
room.
II.iii A street in the slums.
II.iv A street in another
part of the city, also in the slums.
II.v A street at night.
A fortnight later.
II.vi The same.
II.vii The same. |
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Characters |
ONE
MAN ANOTHER KEITH MARK |
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Subject(s) |
Alcoholism; Moral Degeneration; Murder; Slum Life; Verse Drama |
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Published |
Edward A. Vidler, Melbourne, 1919. |
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| 22 |
Author |
Atkinson,
Evelyn John Rupert |
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Title |
Ten Years Remorse |
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Date |
1923 |
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Length |
One Act |
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Setting |
The bar of Kloof Wexel's shanty pub in a New Zealand country
village. |
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Characters |
HORACE
KLOOF WEXEL
JENNY ANN
BILLY
HAKE SEWELL
JIM HARRINGTON
CAPTAIN
GILES
THE HON NORWOOD KNOWLES
PADDY BURKE |
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Subject(s) |
Alcoholism;
Mental Illness; Moral Degeneration |
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Published |
Edward
A. Vidler, Melbourne, 1923. A Prologue and Three Plays, Edward
A. Vidler, Melbourne, 1928. |
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| 23 |
Author |
Atkinson,
L.V. (Leonard Vincent) |
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Title |
Divided They Fall |
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Date |
1953 |
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Length |
One
Act: Three Scenes |
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Setting |
The Library of the Vallairs Homestead. 24th March 1891. |
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Characters |
BEDFORD CLEAVESHOPE
MADELINE CLEAVESHOPE
DICK VILLAIRS, their
godson
MRS LISTER, Bedford's sister
SUB-INSPECTOR ADAMS |
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Subject(s) |
Barcaldine; Colonial Period; Historical Events or Characters;
Law and Justice; Trade Unionism |
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Published |
Gaythorne
Publications, Sydney, 1953. |
