Campbell Howard Index - O

Oakes
O'Brien
O'Grady

288	Author	Oakes, Russell J.
	Title	Carry on Sergeant
	Length	Three Acts
	Setting	The orderly room of a medical unit. I Visitors' day at camp. II The same evening. III The next morning.
	Characters	JOHNNY MILLER, sergeant clerk JIMMY FOX, a sergeant on transfer to the unit MAFEKING DALE, a civilian visitor, not quite Doreen's fiance ORDERLY SERGEANT, a hard case DOREEN FORREST, Captain Forrest's daughter ORDERLY CORPORAL, a man with a load of misery BOXWELL, Doreen's brother, a new recruit ORDERLY OFFICER, Captain Stocks, a most agreeable and obliging officer DR LANDERDA, a rejuvenative specialist CAPTAIN FORREST, Doreen's father
	Subject(s)	Hospitals; Military Life
	Held in MS/TS	NUNE: Campbell Howard Collection.

289	Author	Oakes, Russell J.
	Title	Drowned Valley
	Length	One Act
	Setting	A lounge room in a boarding house in the valley. A rising mountain wall is glimpsed through one wall. In another direction a glimpse can be seen of the dinning room, cleared for a dance.
	Characters	ERINA BENNETT ROY JULIAN MRS SPRINGFIELD MRS ANDREW
	Held in MS/TS	NUNE: Campbell Howard Collection.

290	Author	Oakes, Russell J.
	Title	Judgement: Drama of the War in Papua, 1942
	Length	One Act
	Setting	Outside the pre-operation section of the main dressing station at Soputa, Papua, in November 1942, immediately before the fall of Gona.
	Characters	TINY, a boy about eighteen STEVE, a year or so older WARRANT OFFICER, an R.S.M. GUARD, an infantryman JAPANESE PRISONER BILL, Tiny's dead brother
	Subject(s)	Military Life; Paranormal and Spiritual; Race Relations; War; World War II
	Published	Published by C. Fenton and Russell J. Oakes, 36 Leonard Avenue, Kingsford, 1951. [Two copies in NUNE: Campbell Howard Collection. Pamphlet in NML.]

291	Author	Oakes, Russell J.
	Title	Publicity Unlimited: A Farce in Three Acts
	Date
	Length	Three Acts
	Setting	All scenes are played in an office.
	Characters	EDDY KING, a copy writer FRANK GRAVES, a commercial artist CLARICE BARNES, accountant-secretary CORAL GLIMS, telephonist-typist MR SONNABY, the boss MR SLIM, a solicitor LINDA, the girl MRS SONNABY, the boss's wife MRS LEE, the wife of a hair piece manufacturer
	Subject(s)	Work and Business
	Held in MS/TS	NUNE: Campbell Howard Collection.

292	Author	Oakes, Russell J.
	Title	Tree That Chose Itself, The
	Length	One Act
	Setting	The interior of a tent occupied by Lucius and Marcus. Glimpse of Forest off-stage. Dawn. As play progresses day breaks completely.
	Characters	LUCIUS, a Roman company commander MARCUS, his second-in-command CAIUS, PAULUS, MERITUS, three Roman soldiers
	Subject(s)	Religion
	Held in MS/TS	NUNE: Campbell Howard Collection.

293	Author	Oakes, Russell J.
	Title	Voice of Jerome Keddle, The
	Date	1930
	Length	Three Acts
	Setting	The hall of "Stormont" station, a lonely house, ten miles out from a small country town. The action all takes place in one night, from soon after dusk until dawn. I The hall of "Stormont" station II The same. An hour later. III The same. Several minutes later.
	Characters	ESMA KEDDLE JIM ELDER ENID, Jim's wife CRISBY, Emma's nephew SGT. WRIGHT, A Police Sargeant MRS MAXWELL JEROME KEDDLE, Esma's husband DAYNE STROM, a neighbour EDDY QUILTON TROOPER GORDON
	Subject(s)	Law and Justice; Murder
	Held in MS/TS	NUNE: Campbell Howard Collection.

294	Author	Oakes, Russell J.
	Title	Water Goes East
	Date	1939 (revised August 1947)
	Length	Three Acts: Ten Scenes
	Setting	I.i The interior of a one-room humpy on the desert, built of hessian and galvanised iron. Early in the bad summer of 1893-94 in Western Australia. I.ii Interior of a store constructed of hessian, canvas and galvanised iron. Little stock in evidence. Kalgoorlie. July 1894. I.iii A water-buying depot near "Dry Blow", along the Southern Cross Railway. The winter of 1895. II.i A public meeting at Perth. 1895. II.ii The home of Sir John Forrest in Perth. Late at night. During the heat wave of 1895-96. II.iii The rear exterior of Darky Marshall's house at Woolgangie. To one side a door into the house with steps up to it. Opposite, a water tank on a stand. January 1896. III.i O'Connor's office in the Works Department, Perth. Late in 1898. III.ii The same. Saturday, 8th March 1902. III.iii The same. Monday morning, 10th March 1902. III.iv The interior of a huge water tank in which a banquet is in progress. 1902.
	Characters	SHORTY MARTIN, prospector DARKY MARSHALL, prospector DAN MARSHALL, his son MAC, a storeman MABEL, a fossicker GRACE, a fossicker LAZY LIL, a fossicker MRS GREENE JOE MARRINER C. Y. O'CONNOR SIR JOHN FORREST J. WINTHROP HACKETT, Editor of the West Australian MR POWER MR BARNES STURK MAN LEADER OF DEPUTATION LADY FORREST MAID LIL'S HUSBAND O'CONNOR'S SECRETARY, INTERJECTORS AT PERTH MEETING, MEMBERS OF DEPUTATION, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MEETING, GUESTS IN BANQUET SCENE
	Cast	John Hobson R. P. Hayes Dudley Knight Rupert Palm Eve Clayton Muriel Jacobs Kay Kinane Lesley Graham Victor Hepworth Douglas Marshall W. A. Brown Symington Clen Lilley Frank O'Grady J. Hopkins Ken Grant Keith Murray Frances O'Connor Gwen Prentice J. Wall
	Subject(s)	Bush Life; Historical Events or Characters; Kalgoorlie; Miners and Mining; Pioneers; Public Life
	Held in MS/TS	NUNE: Campbell Howard Collection.

295	Author	Oakes, Russell J.
	Title	Woolgathering: An Original Three-Act Farce
	Date	1935
	Length	Three Acts
	Setting	I Room in Dennis' Beachside Flat. Afternoon of an early spring day. II.i Sitting room of the Homestead at Curradurrabubulla. Late afternoon a few days later. II.ii Verandah of the homestead. Two weeks later. Afternoon. III The same. The same night.
	Characters	ILMA WRIGHT DENNIS FROWLEY, her cousin GAVIN COURTNEY KATHLEEN RAWLINS HELEN FABER MRS PHOEBE TRELAWNEY, a psychic woman FENWAY RAWLINS, Kathleen's brother MR ALEC PERRY JACK, an Aboriginal rouseabout
	Subject(s)	Aborigines; Bush Life; Paranormal and Spiritual
	Held in MS/TS	NUNE: Campbell Howard Collection.

296	Author	O'Brien, Eris M.
	Title	Hostage, The: A Miracle Play in Three Acts
	Date	1928
	Length	Three Acts
	Setting	Sydney between November 1817 and May 1818. I The kitchen in William Davis's house at Church Hill. Sunday night, November 9, 1817 II The office of J. T. Campbell, Secretary to Governor Macquarie. Six month's later. May 19, 1818 III The kitchen and parlour in William Davis's house.
	Characters	DERMOTT MICHAEL DWYER PATRICK REDDINGTON WILLIAM DAVIS MICHAEL HAYES MRS DWYER MRS REDDINGTON MRS HAYES MRS DEMPSEY JAMES WELSH MICHAEL MASSEY ROBINSON J. T. CAMPBELL, Secretary LACHLAN MacQUARIE, Governor JAMES ERSKINE, Lieut-Colonel FATHER O'FLYNN ANGEL GUARDIAN OUR LADY, HELP OF CHRISTIANS SAINT PATRICK SAINT AUGUSTINE SAINT FRANCIS XAVIER ANGEL OF DEATH ADORING ANGELS GAOLERS and ATTENDANTS
	Cast	Eric Howell P. J. Breen James Hatton Harry Jacobson Frank Barlow Vera Keogh Lillian Lloyd Sybil Parsons Molly O'Brien Paul Curran Cliff. MacDonald Stan Rigney Alfred Race Frank Barlow James Hatton Vera Keogh Adeline Taylor Frank Barlow Cliff. Macdonald Stan Rigney Ivy Wilkinson Loris Moss, Sybil Parsons, Molly O'Brien, Lillian Lloyd, Joan Parsons, May Saunders
	Subject(s)	Colonial Period; Religion; Verse Drama
	Published	[A dramatic version of The Dawn of Catholicism by the same Author, Published in 2 volumes by Angus and Robertson, 1928.]

297	Author	O'Grady, John
	Title	Valley, The
	Date	1949
	Length	One Act: Three Scenes
	Setting	The outer living and eating section of a tent encampment on a plateau in Upper Malaya. I.i Night I.ii An hour later I.iii Next morning.
	Characters	FRANK SMYTHE GLORIA SMYTHE, his wife GORDON MacDONALD, geologist and prospector AHMET and SALIM, Malay boys
	Subject(s)	Infidelity; Murder
	Held in MS/TS	NUNE: Campbell Howard Collection.

298	Author	O'Grady, John and Conroy, John
	Title	Mr Slattersby
	Length	One Act
	Setting	The scene is an empty room in a deserted house.
	Characters	ANN PETER MR SLATTERSBY MILLER THE MAN FROM DOWN THE ROAD
	Subject(s)	Paranormal and Spiritual
	Held in MS/TS	NUNE: Campbell Howard Collection.

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