| 56 |
Author |
Campbell,
John |
| |
Title |
Cell,
The |
| |
Length |
One
Act |
| |
Setting |
Cell
in Singapore's Changi Gaol in 1944. |
| |
Characters |
- NICK,
an Australian P.O.W.
-
DEATH, an Australian P.O.W.
-
SOCRATES, an Australian P.O.W.
-
PROFESSOR, an Australian P.O.W.
-
ISHIMOTO, a Japanese guard
|
| |
Cast |
-
Athol Fredrickson
-
Ron Stevens
-
Gerald Westbury
-
William Adams
-
Ken Brown
|
| |
Subject(s) |
Race
Relations; War; World War II |
| |
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| 57 |
Author |
Capern,
Alwyn |
| |
Title |
Last
Summer: A Play in One Act |
| |
Date |
1958 |
| |
Length |
One
Act |
| |
Setting |
The
lounge of a guest house in Southport, Queensland. The present. |
| |
Characters |
- COLONEL
JANSON
- MRS
HYDE-WHYTE
-
LADY DUNSTAN
- MISS
MORGAN
- MR
BARNETT
|
| |
Cast |
The
original Cast at the Ipswich Little Theatre included Alwyn Capern,
Cathy Capern (as Miss Morgan), June Kupfer, Edward Kelleher,
Margaret Russell (as Mrs Hyde-White) and Anne Spencer (as Lady
Dunstan). |
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| 58 |
Author |
Carroll,
Kathleen |
| |
Title |
Office
Interlude |
| |
Date |
1940 |
| |
Length |
One
Act |
| |
Setting |
The
girls' tearoom in a large office. |
| |
Characters |
-
MRS MURPHY, the tea woman
-
RITA SPENCER, Mr Greenway's secretary
-
PEGGY SELLEN, the office girl
-
JOAN HARLEY, Mr Stone's secretary
-
AMY MURDOCH, the bookkeeper
-
NANCY WILLIAMS, the telephonist
-
PAULINE FULTON, Mr Gillies' secretary
-
ELSA BENNETT, Mr Brennan's secretary
|
| |
Cast |
-
Jess Trenoweth
-
Betty Edwards
-
Heather MacKenzie
-
Gwen Plumb
-
Ella Stark
-
Hylda Hole
-
Win Moffatt
-
Marjorie Bell
|
| |
Subject(s) |
Work
and Business |
| |
Published |
Six
Australian One-Act Plays, Mulga Publications, Sydney, 1944. |
| |
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| 59 |
Author |
Carroll,
Kathleen |
| |
Title |
Saturday |
| |
Date |
1940 |
| |
Length |
Three
Acts |
| |
Setting |
- The
living room in Mrs Hennessey's boarding house.
- I
Saturday morning. The present.
- II
That afternoon.
- III
Saturday night.
|
| |
Characters |
- MRS
HENNESSEY, the landlady
- ALF,
her brother
-
MRS WILKINS, who lives in the back flat
- MARY
ADAMS, a shop girl
- DOLLY
SMITHERS, a factory girl
- BERT
JONES, a labourer engaged to Dolly
- DAN
HENNESSEY, Mrs Hennessey's husband
- DICK
ROBERTS, a bank clerk
- ANN
ROBERTS, his wife
- RADIO
ANNOUNCER
|
| |
Subject(s) |
Gambling;
Marriage; Money; Suicide |
| |
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| 60 |
Author |
Clark,
Almon |
| |
Title |
Mera
Dost |
| |
Date |
1926 |
| |
Length |
Four Acts |
| |
Setting |
- The
entire action takes place in a small Indian town.
- I
The road before the Saiva temple gate near a fruit store.
- II.i
A street scene.
- II.ii
The Banyan tree. Moonlight.
- III.i
A room in Ram's house. Dawn.
-
III.ii Leila's house. The Red Dawn.
- IV.i
A street. Sunset.
- IV.ii
The interior of a ruined temple in complete darkness.
|
| |
Characters |
- RAM,
a cynical rice grower
- AMMAN,
a young poet
- ABABU,
an old servant of Ram
- AKBAR,
a Moslem agitator
- YASMINI,
a pilgrim
- LEILA,
a temple dancer
- MIRI,
sister of Leila
-
PRIESTS, MERCHANTS, BEGGARS, DANCING GIRLS, etc.
|
| |
Subject(s) |
Murder;
Race Relations; Religion; Suicide; Verse Drama |
| |
Published |
E.A.
Vidler, Melbourne, 1926. Included in Nymphs and Fauns: Four
Plays, E.A. Vidler, Melbourne, 1929. |
| |
|
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| 61 |
Author |
Clarke,
Joan |
| |
Title |
Home
Brew |
| |
Date |
1954 |
| |
Length |
Three
Acts |
| |
Setting |
- I.i
The O'Briens' living room.
-
I.ii The same. A few nights later.
- II
Hotel room. One week later about 4.30 pm.
- III
The O'Briens' living room. Two hours later.
|
| |
Characters |
- POP
O'BRIEN
-
MA O'BRIEN
- TOM,
their younger son
- JIM,
their elder son
-
JENNY, Jim's wife
- MIKE,
another brother
- MOLLY,
their daughter
- BOB,
Molly's friend
- GEORGE
- KAY
|
| |
Subject(s) |
Family
Relations; Trade Unionism; Work and Business |
| |
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| 62 |
Author |
Clarke,
Joan and Meredith, James |
| |
Title |
Wild
Colonial Boy, The: A Musical Drama in Three Acts |
| |
Date |
1955/1956 |
| |
Length |
Three
Acts: Six Scenes |
| |
Setting |
- I.i
Interior of a rough slab hut. December 1827.
- I.ii
George Street North, Sydney, outside the "Currency Lass",
a public house near the Rocks. March 1828.
- I.iii
A clearing in the Australian bush. September 1828.
- II
Big Mick's hut.
- III.i
Bush scene. September 1830
|
| |
Characters |
- FRANK,
the poet
- MUCKLESTON
- JACK
DONAHUE
- PEDLAR
- SEAMAN
- PADDY
MALONE
- PUBLICAN
- CONSTABLE
DOOLAN
- GIRL
- McNAMARA
- UNDERWOOD
- WEBBER
- WALMSLEY
- JIM
JONES
- DENIS
O'REILLY
-
BIG MICK
-
MRS O'REILLY
-
NANCY O'REILLY
- OLD
BIDDY
- MARY
- DAN
-
ROSE and KATHLEEN, Big Mick's daughters
- CHORUS
- VOICE
|
| |
Subject(s) |
Bushrangers;
Crime; Law and Justice |
| |
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| 63 |
Author |
Cohen,
Harold |
| |
Title |
Moving
Finger, The: A Light Scenic Play in Three Scenes |
| |
Date |
1940 |
| |
Length |
Three
Scenes |
| |
Setting |
- I
Balcony of a Hotel.
- II
Dressing room of a Prima Donna.
-
III Chancellor's study.
|
| |
Characters |
|
| |
Subject(s) |
Politics
and Ideology |
| |
Published |
Robertson
and Mullens, Melbourne, 1940 |
| |
|
|
| 64 |
Author |
Collisson,
Nora Winifred |
| |
Title |
By
Royal Command: A Pageant Play of English Church History |
| |
Date |
1946 |
| |
Length |
Four
Act Pageant |
| |
Setting |
Progression
of short scenes from earliest times to the modern day. |
| |
Characters |
- ANGELS
- MARTYRS
- DREAM
PRIESTS
- MONSTERS
- DRUIDS
- ROMANS
- BRITONS
- MEDIEVAL
KINGS
- FIGURES
IN TABLEAUX
|
| |
Subject(s) |
Historical
Events or Characters; Pageant;
Religion; Verse Drama |
| |
Published |
Hunkin,
Ellis and King, Adelaide, 1946. |
| |
|
|
| 65 |
Author |
Collisson,
Nora Winifred |
| |
Title |
Christus
Consummator: A Pageant Play of Church History |
| |
Date |
1928 |
| |
Length |
Pageant (3 hours) |
| |
Setting |
Pageant
set in the Spirit World. |
| |
Subject(s) |
Historical
Events or Characters; Pageant; Religion |
| |
Published |
Gillingham
and Co., Adelaide, 1928. |
| |
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in MS/TS |
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| 66 |
Author |
Collisson,
Nora Winifred |
| |
Title |
Homo
Sapiens: A Pageant Play of Learning |
| |
Date |
1929 |
| |
Length |
Pageant
(Four Parts, Eleven Scenes) |
| |
Characters |
MAN
PERPLEXED and Morality Characters and Historical type Characters.
|
| |
Subject(s) |
Mystery
Play; Pageant; Verse Drama |
| |
Published |
Brown,
Prior and Co., Melbourne, 1929. |
| |
|
|
| 67 |
Author |
Costello,
R. S. |
| |
Title |
Action
Plus |
| |
Date |
1931 |
| |
Length |
One Act |
| |
Subject(s) |
Work
and Business |
| |
|
|
| 68 |
Author |
Crawford, Jim |
| |
Title |
Rocket
Range |
| |
Date |
1947 |
| |
Length |
One Act: Three Scenes |
| |
Setting |
- I.i
An Aboriginal encampment at night.
-
I.ii The same.
-
I.iii The same.
|
| |
Characters |
- GIMBIN,
a tribal elder
-
NAMALKA, a warrior
- KAJABBI,
a warrior who was once impressed for work by white men for
a short while
-
KALKALDOON, an Aboriginal girl
- NUMERIN,
an Aboriginal girl
- POLICEMAN
and BLACK TRACKER.
|
| |
Subject(s) |
Aborigines;
Law and Justice; Race Relations |
| |
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|
| 69 |
Author |
Crawford, Jim |
| |
Title |
Welcome
Home |
| |
Date |
1947 |
| |
Length |
One Act |
| |
Setting |
- I.i
Mary's overcrowded room in an industrial suburb.
- I.ii
The same. One month later.
- I.iii
The same. Two hours later.
|
| |
Characters |
- AUNT
MAY THOMPSON
-
IDA THOMPSON, her daughter
- MARY
HALLIDAY, her niece
- BILL
HALLIDAY, Mary's husband
|
| |
Subject(s) |
Family
Relations; Housing; Returned Servicemen |
| |
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in MS/TS |
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| 70 |
Author |
Cronin,
Bernard |
| |
Title |
Stampede |
| |
Date |
1937 |
| |
Length |
One Act |
| |
Setting |
The
kitchen cum living-room of a selector's home in the New South
Wales outback in the summer of 1933. It is ten o'clock at night. |
| |
Characters |
- GEORGE
PAINTER, a selector
- MARY,
his wife
- JIM
JACKSON, a farm hand
|
| |
Subject(s) |
Bush
Life; Drought; Marriage |
| |
Published |
Best
Australian One-Act Plays, Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1937. |
| |
|
|
| 71 |
Author |
Cumming,
Margaret |
| |
Title |
Cathedral,
The |
| |
Date |
1951 |
| |
Length |
One
Act |
| |
Setting |
The
lounge of the Griffin's home. Brisbane. Evening. |
| |
Characters |
1.
FIRST DISCIPLE 2. SECOND DISCIPLE 3. THIRD DISCIPLE 4. FOURTH
DISCIPLE 5. RALF GRIFFIN, the architect 6. NORAH GRIFFIN, his
wife 7. BISHOP KESTIN 8. ELIZABETH FANSHAW 9. JULIA FANSHAW |
| |
Cast |
1.
Peter Cox 2. Barry Aspinall 3. Joan Hilton 4. Angus Kidston
5. Arthur Husband 6. Jacklyn Kelleher 7. Ludovick Gordon 8.
Frances Jones 9. Ettie Engler |
| |
Subject(s) |
Marriage;
Women's Issues; Work and Business |
| |
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| 72 |
Author |
Cumming,
Margaret |
| |
Title |
Dereliction |
| |
Date |
1957 |
| |
Length |
One Act |
| |
Setting |
A
bare stage with a table and a few chairs. |
| |
Characters |
-
THE Author
-
THE MAN
-
THE FATHER
-
THE DAUGHTER
-
THE DERELICT THE WOMAN
-
THE GIRL
|
| |
Cast |
Names
in brackets are of Characters of the play ("Spirit Variable")
with in the play.
-
Gordon Davies
-
Adrian Power (Toni Sperrati)
-
Mervyn Janson (Lawyer George Johnson)
-
June Dawson
-
Ray Dunlop (Martin Conway)
-
Linda Flanders (Mrs Linda L'Estrange)
-
Victoria Savage (Phyllis Redgrave) Marie Ferguson, Joan
Lyons--in the audience.
|
| |
Subject(s) |
Alcoholism;
Law and Justice; Moral Degeneration |
| |
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in MS/TS |
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| 73 |
Author |
Cumming,
Margaret |
| |
Title |
Fleeting
Star |
| |
Date |
1955 |
| |
Length |
One Act |
| |
Setting |
Reception
Room leading on to the Great Balcony in the Palace of the Ruler
of the World. A.D. 3,000. Nightime. |
| |
Characters |
-
RAMON, a palace guard
-
GREGOR, the ruler's son
-
DAPHNE, Queen-Consort
-
STEVEN, the ruler's nephew
-
DAVID, the ruler of Earth
- JANE,
a palace flower girl
|
| |
Cast |
-
Len Wintour
-
Noel Cannon
-
Beryl Finlay
- Brian
Cannon
- Graham
McAlpine
-
Berys Marshall
|
| |
Subject(s) |
Politics
and Ideology; Science |
| |
|
|
| 74 |
Author |
Cumming,
Margaret |
| |
Title |
Poor
Xantippe! |
| |
Date |
1957 |
| |
Length |
One Act |
| |
Setting |
Athens
towards the close of the fifth century B.C. |
| |
Characters |
-
APPOLLODORUS, a Greek servant
-
XANTIPPE, wife to Socrates
-
SOCRATES, the great philosopher
-
SAPPHO, Xantippe's niece
-
CRITO, a Greek soldier betrothed to Sappho
-
LOTIS, a student of Socrates
-
SOPHOCLES, poet-dramatist and soldier
- PLATO,
friend and student of Socrates
- ARIADNE,
a child of the household
|
| |
Cast |
- 2. Linda
Flanders
-
3. David Brown
-
4. Gladys Mackay
- 5.
Colin Daddow
- 7.
Ray Dunlop Roles unspecified: Errol Curran, Marie Ferguson,
John Duryea, Patricia Kattern.
|
| |
Subject(s) |
Domestic
Life; Historical Events or Characters |
| |
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| 75 |
Author |
Cunnington,
Charles Leslie |
| |
Title |
Cudgewa
Outlaw, The |
| |
Date |
1932 |
| |
Length |
One
Act |
| |
Setting |
The
verandah of Cudgewa homestead. |
| |
Characters |
- DAN
FRENCH, owner of Cudgewa
- ANDY
WATT
- AH
SIN
- GRACE
LESTEVEN
- JACKY
LENNON
- DR
VALDER
- SAM
SKEETS
- STOCKMEN
|
| |
Subject(s) |
Gambling;
Horse Racing |
| |
Published |
ustralian
Theatre Society, Rose Bay (Sydney), 1932. |
| |
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in MS/TS |
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| 76 |
Author |
Cusack,
Dymphna |
| |
Title |
Anniversary |
| |
Date |
1935 |
| |
Length |
One Act |
| |
Setting |
The
Domain in Sydney, Anzac Day in 1935. |
| |
Characters |
- JOHN
PERRETT, a returned Anzac
- BOB
ALLEN, a returned Anzac
- BILL,
an original Anzac
- ALAN,
an original Anzac
- DOUG,
an original Anzac
- TOM,
an original Anzac
-
PAT, an original Anzac
|
| |
Subject(s) |
Anzac
Legend; Great Depression; Mateship; Paranormal and Spiritual;
Returned Servicemen; War; World War I |
| |
Held
in MS/TS |
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Cusack papers, MS 1843 and MS 4621, and in the British Drama
League (Australia) manuscript collection, MS 5579. |
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|
| 77 |
Author |
Cusack,
Dymphna |
| |
Title |
Comets
Soon Pass |
| |
Date |
1943 |
| |
Length |
Three Acts: Five Scenes |
| |
Setting |
- Dr
John Smith's living room, Currawong Valley.
-
I.i Winter. Early in the evening.
-
I.ii Later the same night.
- II.i
The following evening.
-
II.ii Two nights later.
- III
The following morning.
|
| |
Characters |
- DR
JOHN SMITH
- ELAINE,
his adopted daughter
-
JASON DENVER, an artist
-
MRS CAROLINE DENVER
-
MRS ERRINGTON-BROWN, a local resident
- MR
TALBOT, owner of the local fruit cannery
- JACK
SMITH, a young Union organiser
- TRALLIE
TOWERS, Mrs Errington-Brown's ex-domestic servant
|
| |
Subject(s) |
Flood;
Politics and Ideology; Social Status; Work and Business |
| |
Published |
Three
Australian Three-Act Plays, Australasian Publishing Co., Sydney,
1950. |
| |
Held
in MS/TS |
ANL holds collections of Dymphna Cusack papers, MS 1843 and
MS 4621, and in the British Drama League (Australia) manuscript
collection, MS 5579. |
| |
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|
| 78 |
Author |
Cusack, Dymphna |
| |
Title |
Eternal
Now: A Play in Three Acts (a.k.a. Stand Still Time) |
| |
Date |
1946 |
| |
Length |
Three
Acts: Six Scenes |
| |
Setting |
- I.i
The Ropers' flat. Late evening.
-
I.ii The same. Next morning.
- II
The same. A week later.
- III.i
A hillside at Stanwell Park. Next evening
-
III.ii The same. A fortnight later.
- III.iii
The Ropers' flat. Three months later.
|
| |
Characters |
ALEC
ROPER MARGARET ROD FALLAW |
| |
Subject(s) |
Marriage;
Returned Servicemen; War |
| |
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and in the British Drama League (Australia) manuscript collection,
MS 5579. |
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| 79 |
Author |
Cusack, Dymphna |
| |
Title |
Golden
Girls, The |
| |
Date |
1955 |
| |
Length |
Three Acts: Nine Scenes, Prologue and Epilogue |
| |
Setting |
The
morning room of the Prendergast home in Sydney. Prologue 1948
- I.i
1898. A summer morning.
-
I.ii 1898. A week later.
- I.iii
1898. The following night.
- II.i
1903. Five years later.
- II.ii
1903. A month later.
- II.iii
1908. Five years later.
- III.
i 1928. Twenty years later.
- III.
ii 1948. Twenty years later.
- III.
iii 1948. A few days later. Epilogue 1948.
|
| |
Characters |
- POLICE
SERGEANT
- DR
ROSALIND HALL, the Rosalind of the rest of the play
- CARLO
SANTANELLI
- TOM,
the coachman's son
-
LAVINIA and CHARLOTTE PRENDERGAST, 16 year old twin daughters
of Major Prendergast
- MAJOR
PRENDERGAST
- ROSALIND
PRENDERGAST, his second daughter
- ANGELICA
PRENDERGAST, his eldest daughter
- HARRISON,
a solicitor
|
| |
Subject(s) |
Family
Relations |
| |
Published |
Deane,
London, 1955. |
| |
Held
in MS/TS |
ANL holds collections of Dymphna Cusack papers, MS 1843 and
MS 4621, and in the British Drama League (Australia) manuscript
collection, MS 5579. |
| |
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|
| 80 |
Author |
Cusack,
Dymphna |
| |
Title |
His
Honour Comes to Tea (a.k.a. The Legal Point of View) |
| |
Date |
1933 |
| |
Length |
One
Act |
| |
Setting |
The
heavily-furnished lounge room of the Thwaites' house. |
| |
Characters |
1.
MRS THWAITES
2. MONA, the maid
3. MR THWAITES
4. JUDGE BELLAIRS
1. Doris Williams
2. Marjorie Cumberland
3. Stephen Leach
4. Donald Hill |
| |
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in MS/TS NUNE: Campbell Howard Collection. ANL holds collections
of Dymphna Cusack papers, MS 1843 and MS 4621, and in the British
Drama League (Australia) manuscript collection, MS 5579. |
| |
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| 81 |
Author |
Cusack,
Dymphna |
| |
Title |
Morning
Sacrifice: A Play in Three Acts |
| |
Date |
1942 |
| |
Length |
Three
Acts: Five Scenes |
| |
Setting |
The
staff room of Easthaven Girls' High School.
- I
Monday 8.45 a.m.
- II.i
Monday 11.00 a.m.
-
II.ii Monday 1.10 p.m.
-
III.i Monday 3.35 p.m.
-
III.ii Thursday 8.50 a.m.
|
| |
Characters |
-
MISS PORTIA KINSBURY, Deputy Headmistress
-
MISS CHARLOTTE BATES
-
MISS MARGARET SOLE
-
MISS SHEILA RAY
-
MISS ROSE HAMMOND
-
MRS MacNEIL
-
MISS DORA PEARL
-
MISS GWYN CARTWITHEN
-
MISS WOODS, Headmistress
|
| |
Cast |
-
Nancy Hill
-
Ruth Rowell
- Doris
Jefferson
-
Coralie Condon
-
Rose Stace
-
Ella Munyard
-
Sheila O'Halloran
-
Joan Evans
- Dorothy
Krantz
|
| |
Subject(s) |
Schools;
Women's Issues; Work and Business |
| |
Published |
Mulga
Publications, Sydney, 1943. Three Australian Three-Act Plays,
Australasian Publishing Co., Sydney, 1950. Currency, Sydney,1986. |
| |
Held
in MS/TS |
QU:
Hanger Collection. ANL holds collections of Dymphna Cusack papers,
MS 1843 and MS 4621, and in the British Drama League (Australia)
manuscript collection, MS 5579. |
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Author |
Cusack,
Dymphna |
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Title |
Pacific
Paradise |
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Date |
1955 |
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Length |
Three
Acts: Seven Scenes |
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Setting |
- I.
The verandah of Simon Hoad's bungalow. A summer morning
on the Island of Moluka in the South Pacific.
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II.i The same. A week later.
- II.ii
The same. Two days later.
- II.iii
The verandah with a beach in the foreground. Before dawn
the next morning.
- III.i
The same. Three days later just before sunset.
- III.ii
The same. Before midnight the same day.
- III.iii
The same as Act I. Before sunrise the next morning.
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Characters |
- BATAH,
secretary to Simon Hoad
- DIBU,
WANO, JURI, island boys aged 17-18
- LITOLE,
NINOA, MARA, island girls aged 17-18
- TALUA,
Kahru's wife
- VITI,
Simon Hoad's wife
- LALOMA,
Simon Hoad's daughter
- SIMON
HOAD, owner of Moluka
- KAHRU,
Adjutant of Moluka
- COLONEL
WINTERTON, Chief of Military Divison of the Atomic Control
Board
- PROFESSOR
NICHOLAS, Nuclear Physicist
- SQUADRON-LEADER
CLIVE EVERETT, a pilot attached to the Military Division
of the Atomic Control Board
- THE
HON. OSBERT DAY, Minister-at-Large and Chairman of the Atomic
Control Board
- ISLANDERS,
in masks in sacrificial scene
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Subject(s) |
Nuclear
Threat; Politics and Ideology |
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Published |
Published
as a supplement to Theatregoer, Vol. 3, No 1, 1963. Translated
into Albanian, Japanese, Hindi, Hungarian and Spanish and Published
in the U.S.S.R.. Published by Australasian Drama Studies, St
Lucia, 1991. |
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Held
in MS/TS |
NUNE:
Campbell Howard Collection. QU: Hanger Collection. ANL holds
collections of Dymphna Cusack papers, MS 1843 and MS 4621, and
in the British Drama League (Australia) manuscript collection,
MS 5579. |
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Author |
Cusack,
Dymphna |
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Title |
Red
Sky at Morning: a Play in Three Acts (a.k.a. Red Sky at Night) |
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Date |
1935 |
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Length |
Three
Acts |
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Setting |
An
inn at Parramatta, New South Wales, in 1812.
- I
Evening.
- II
Later the same evening.
- III
The following morning.
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Characters |
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MICHAEL, an ostler at the Inn
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ALICIA
-
LANDLORD
-
MAGGIE
-
EMMA
-
THE OFFICER
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Cast |
-
Colin Jones
-
Laura West
-
Harold Fraser
-
Stephanie Sheppard
-
Nora Allen
-
John Appleton
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Subject(s) |
Colonial
Period; Convicts |
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Published |
Melbourne
University Press, Melbourne, 1942 (2nd ed. 1949) |
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Held
in MS/TS |
ANL
holds collections of Dymphna Cusack papers, MS 1843 and MS 4621,
and in the British Drama League (Australia) manuscript collection,
MS 5579. |
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Author |
Cusack,
Dymphna |
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Title |
Second
Rhapsody: A Play |
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Length |
One
Act |
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Setting |
Box
of a Concert Hall |
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Characters |
- MONICA
- BELLE,
her friend
- ANTON
DARNAK, a pianist
- NEIL,
Monica's husband
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Subject(s) |
Art
and Artists; Infidelity; Marriage |
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Held
in MS/TS |
NUNE:
Campbell Howard Collection. ANL holds collections of Dymphna
Cusack papers, MS 1843 and MS 4621, and in the British Drama
League (Australia) manuscript collection, MS 5579, this play
being MS 5579/22. |
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Author |
Cusack,
Dymphna |
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Title |
Shallow
Cups |
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Date |
1933 |
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Length |
One
Act |
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Setting |
A
black curtained room. |
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Characters |
- SHE,
who is dead
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ARTHUR LIPSCOMBE, her husband
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OLIVE, her friend
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MR LIPSCOMBE, her father-in-law
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MARIAN, her sister
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HE, who carries the light
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Cast |
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Wendy Woolfrey.
-
Jack Saul.
- Laura
West.
-
Edward Cavill.
-
Dymphna Cusack.
-
William Wines.
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Subject(s) |
Money;
Paranormal and Spiritual |
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Published |
Eight
Plays by Australians, Dramatists Club, Melbourne, 1934. |
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Held
in MS/TS |
QU:
Hanger Collection. ANL holds collections of Dymphna Cusack papers,
MS 1843 and MS 4621, and in the British Drama League (Australia)
manuscript collection, MS 5579. |
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Author |
Cusack,
Dymphna |
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Title |
Shoulder
the Sky |
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Date |
1945 |
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Length |
Three
Acts |
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Setting |
An "Australia League Canteen"-A Voluntary Canteen for all Services
during World War II in an Australian coastal city. |
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Characters |
- MISS
CLANCY, voluntary helper at Canteen
- MATT
PAYNE, A.I.F. Sergeant
- AN
ABORIGINAL, A.I.F. Private
- SISTER
RUTH WYNNE, A.I.F. Nurse
- FLYING-OFFICER
DON PRESTON, R.A.A.F.
- ELMER
LEE, Sergeant in U.S. Forces
- BILL
STEVENS, A.I.F. Private
- MRS
FITZGERALD, voluntary helper at Canteen
- YOUNG
U.S. AIRMAN
- MRS
STANWELL-ROCK, voluntary helper at Canteen
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MRS GILDEN, voluntary helper at Canteen
- BETTINA
SMYTHE, voluntary helper at Canteen
- MRS
MONA HALLIDAY, muniton worker and voluntary helper at Canteen
- "KOKODA",
Young A.I.F. boy
- JAKE,
a Newfoundlander in the merchant navy
- ERKY,
a Cockney in the merchant navy
- SCOTTISH
NAVAL RATING WITH R.N.
- LAURA,
A.W.A.S.
- TRIXIE,
A.W.A.S.
- SERGEANT
JULIE RUTHERFORD, A.A.M.W.S.
-
MAJOR REX MORRISON, A.A.M.S.
-
MRS SHIRLEY WATT, voluntary helper at Canteen
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Subject(s) |
Military
Life; Social Status; War; World War II |
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Published |
Three
Australian Three-Act Plays, Australasian Publishing Co., Sydney,
1950. |
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Held
in MS/TS |
QU: Hanger Collection. ANL holds collections of Dymphna Cusack
papers, MS 1843 and MS 4621, and in the British Drama League
(Australia) manuscript collection, MS 5579. |
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Author |
Cuthbertson,
Alan. |
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Title |
Death
Comes to Bogglesworth Manor, or Your Coffin has Come, Sir |
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Length |
One
Act |
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Setting |
Interior
of Bogglesworth Manor |
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Characters |
- ARCHBISHOP
- LADY
MAUD
- MURGATROYD
- GHOST
- JANE
- HONORIA
-
DR VAMPIRE
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Subject(s) |
Murder;
Paranormal and Spiritual |
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Held
in MS/TS |
NUNE:
Campbell Howard Collection. |
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Author |
Cuthbertson, Alan |
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Title |
Kippers
on the Wing |
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Length |
One
Act |
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Setting |
A
stage hung with beige curtains. |
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Characters |
- SYLVIA,
an actress
- JERRY,
an actor
- TONY,
Sylvias husband, a playwright
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Subject(s) |
Theatre Life |
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Held in MS/TS |
NUNE: Campbell Howard Collection. |