| 299 |
Author |
Palmer, Vance |
| |
Title |
Ancestors |
| |
Date |
1937 |
| |
Length |
One Act |
| |
Setting |
The living room of a cottage on the Wiltshire Downs. |
| |
Characters |
- AUNT
JUPP, the surviving ancient of the family
-
MARTHA, her neice
-
ELIAS, her nephew
- PETER
JUPP, an Australian soldier (her grand-nephew)
- DARK
FINNEGAN, his mate A
- MILITARY
POLICEMAN
|
| |
Subject(s) |
Convicts; Law and Justice; War; World War I |
| |
Published |
Best Australian One Act Plays, Angus and Robertson,
Sydney, 1937. |
| |
Held
in MS/TS |
QU: Hanger Collection.
ANL holds collections of Vance Palmer papers, MS 1174
and MS 1798, and playscripts in the British Drama League
(Australia) manuscript collection, MS 5579. |
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| 300 |
Author |
Palmer,
Vance |
| |
Title |
Black
Horse, The |
| |
Date |
1923 |
| |
Length |
One Act |
| |
Setting |
The
dining room of a station homestead. |
| |
Characters |
-
HARRY BAIN, a cattleman
-
RHODA BAIN, his wife
-
WALTER, their only son
-
MARY, a housekeeper
-
CONLON, an overseer
|
| |
Cast |
-
George Dawe
-
Alice Crowther
-
Bryce Dunning
-
Ruby May
-
Charles Doherty
|
| |
Subject(s) |
Bush
Life; Family Relations; Marriage |
| |
Published |
Black
Horse and Other Plays, Sydney J. Endacott, Melbourne, 1924.
Encore!: Ten Short Modern Plays, Melbourne University Press,
1962. Mask and Microphone, Angus and Robertson, Sydney,1963.
[The copy of the first ed. in the Campbell Howard Collection
includes revisions in the Author's own hand] |
| |
Held
in MS/TS |
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papers, MS 1174 and MS 1798, and playscripts in the British
Drama League (Australia) manuscript collection, MS 5579. |
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| 301 |
Author |
Palmer,
Vance |
| |
Title |
Christine |
| |
Date |
1930 |
| |
Length |
Four Acts |
| |
Setting |
- I
The living room of the Rankins at "Ardencraig".
- II
The same, three weeks later. Evening.
- III
A corner of the garden at the back of the house.
- IV
The same as Acts I and II.
|
| |
Characters |
- RANKIN
JESS, his elder daughter
- NELL,
his younger daughter
- GEORGE,
his son
-
DON, his son
- FREDA
- BRIAN
FALCON, Jess' fiance
-
CHRISTINE
|
| |
Subject(s) |
Family
Relations; Marriage |
| |
Held
in MS/TS |
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holds collections of Vance Palmer papers, MS 1174 and MS 1798,
and playscripts in the British Drama League (Australia) manuscript
collection, MS 5579. |
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|
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| 302 |
Author |
Palmer,
Vance |
| |
Title |
Fledgling,
The |
| |
Length |
Five Acts |
| |
Setting |
- I
The verandah of Abernethy, Carmichael's seaside retreat,
a solid bungalow overlooking the beach.
- II
A sitting room in the old family house at South Yarra, solidly
and comfortably furnished. Six weeks later.
- III
The same. A few weeks later.
-
IV A camp in the desert near a salt lake.
- V
The same scene as in Act I.
|
| |
Characters |
- CARMICHAEL,
a well-known man of affairs
- MRS
VALLANCE, his elder daughter
-
MARCIA HUTTON, his younger daughter
- JIMMY
HUTTON, Marcia's husband
- MAXIE
HUTTON, their daughter
-
GESSLER, an airman
- FREDA
GESSLER, his wife
-
HYDE, a mining expert
-
FROME, a prospector
-
MAUD, a housemaid
|
| |
Subject(s) |
Miners
and Mining; Work and Business |
| |
Held
in MS/TS |
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Palmer papers, MS 1174 and MS 1798, and playscripts in the British
Drama League (Australia) manuscript collection, MS 5579. |
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| 303 |
Author |
Palmer,
Vance |
| |
Title |
Hail
Tomorrow |
| |
Date |
1943-5 |
| |
Length |
Four Acts |
| |
Setting |
- I
The interior of the headquarters of the Central Strike Committee.
Barcaldine. February 1891.
- II
The comfortably furnished business offices of the Pastoralists'
Association in Brisbane. The end of April 1891.
-
III The Rockhampton office of the Shearer's Union, which
looks as if it had been used as a dormitory.
-
IV. A large living room in Balmain that, through the casualness
of its furnishings, seems to be only temporarily occupied.
A little more than two years later.
|
| |
Characters |
- ALEC
GLOVER, Chairman of the Central Strike Committee
- MAGGIE,
his daughter
- WILLIAM
LANE, journalist and popular leader
-
ANN SOMERS, his assistant
-
ANDY McCRISTAL, MICK CAFFERTY, CARL RENNICK, JIM SPARGO,
members of the Central Strike Committee
- PATERSON,
Head of the Vigilance Committee
-
VERNEY, President of the Pastoralists' Association
-
LONERGAN, his chief agent
- MISS
EDSER, his secretary
- DAVE
WILKIE, a union official
-
MRS CHASE, one of the New Australia emigrants
|
| |
Subject(s) |
Barcaldine;
Historical Events or Characters; Lane, William; Law and Justice;
Politics and Ideology; Trade Unionism |
| |
Published |
Angus
and Robertson, Sydney, 1947. |
| |
Held
in MS/TS |
ANL
holds collections of Vance Palmer papers, MS 1174 and MS 1798,
and playscripts in the British Drama League (Australia) manuscript
collection, MS 5579. |
| |
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| 304 |
Author |
Palmer, Vance |
| |
Title |
Happy
Family, A |
| |
Date |
1915 |
| |
Length |
Four
Acts |
| |
Setting |
- I
The interior of a shanty, the changing place for the coach.
- II
Corner of the dining room at Glenbar.
-
III The office of Swasey.
-
IV Same as Act I.
|
| |
Characters |
- LANDY,
a mail contractor
- MRS
LANDY, his wife
- NORAH,
their younger daughter
-
ETTY, their elder daughter
- DAVE
WATSON, engaged to Etty
- STEVE
WATSON, his brother
- BENTLY,
the owner of Glenbar
- CON,
his son
- MACY
DUNCAN, overseer at Glenbar
-
MRS DUNCAN, his wife
-
SWASEY, a small-town agent
- SERGEANT,
officer of police
|
| |
Subject(s) |
Bush
Life; Mateship |
| |
Held
in MS/TS |
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holds collections of Vance Palmer papers, MS 1174 and MS 1798,
and playscripts in the British Drama League (Australia) manuscript
collection, MS 5579. |
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| 305 |
Author |
Palmer,
Vance |
| |
Title |
Meadowsweet |
| |
Date |
1945 ca |
| |
Length |
Three Acts |
| |
Setting |
- I.i
Lounge in the Melbourne home of Robert Bedser. The closing
months of World War II. Evening.
- I.ii
The same. One hour later.
- II
The verandah of the Bedser's beach house. A week later.
Autumn.
-
III The same as for Act I, Scene i. A year later. Evening.
|
| |
Characters |
- ROBERT
BEDSER, manufacturing confectioner
- MRS
HENKEL (AMANDA), his secretary
- JOAN,
his unmarried daughter
- BRUCE,
his son
- MARCIA
BLAKE, his married daughter
- JIMMY
BLAKE, her husband
- NICKY
FRIEDMAN, an airman and friend of Bruce's
|
| |
Held
in MS/TS |
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holds collections of Vance Palmer papers, MS 1174 and MS 1798,
and playscripts in the British Drama League (Australia) manuscript
collection, MS 5579. |
| |
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| 306 |
Author |
Palmer, Vance |
| |
Title |
Prisoner,
The |
| |
Date |
1919 |
| |
Length |
One
Act |
| |
Setting |
The
interior of a shanty beside the road. |
| |
Characters |
-
MRS McCANN, the shanty-keeper's wife
-
MATTY, her daughter
-
STEVE FALLON, a skin-hunter
-
BILLY MacFARLANE, a stockman
-
SERGEANT GUTHRIE, a Police Sergeant
|
| |
Cast |
-
Aileen O'Keefe
-
Gibson Young
-
Stewart Mackay
-
R. Himmler
-
Mr Bradley
|
| |
Subject(s) |
Bush
Life; Law and Justice; Mateship |
| |
Published |
Black
Horse and Other Plays, Sydney J. Endacott, Melbourne, 1924. |
| |
Held
in MS/TS |
ANL
holds collections of Vance Palmer papers, MS 1174 and MS 1798,
and playscripts in the British Drama League (Australia) manuscript
collection, MS 5579. |
| |
|
|
| 307 |
Author |
Palmer, Vance |
| |
Title |
Prisoner's
Country: A Play in Four Acts |
| |
Date |
1959 |
| |
Length |
Four
Acts |
| |
Setting |
The
homestead at Karoola station.
-
I Evening.
- II.i
Two days later. Early morning.
-
II.ii Next day. Evening.
-
III Six months later. A summery morning.
-
IV Three months later. Evening.
|
| |
Characters |
- BART
CUNNINGHAM, owner of Karoola
- THEA,
his second wife
- FLOYD,
his son
- DUGGAN,
a coloured head stockman
- MARA,
Duggan's wife
- WARRIE,
his daughter
- BURGESS,
owner of neighbouring properties
-
McEVOY, a pastoralist agent
-
MAT COONEY, station overseer
|
| |
Subject(s) |
Aborigines;
Bush Life; Race Relations; Returned Servicemen |
| |
Held
in MS/TS |
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of Vance Palmer papers, MS 1174 and MS 1798, and playscripts
in the British Drama League (Australia) manuscript collection,
MS 5579. |
| |
|
|
| 308 |
Author |
Palmer,
Vance |
| |
Title |
Telling
Mrs Baker |
| |
Date |
1922 |
| |
Length |
One Act |
| |
Setting |
A
small sitting room in a country township. |
| |
Characters |
- ANDY
McCULLOCH, a drover
- JACK
BARNES, a drover
- MRS
BAKER, the Boss's widow
-
ESTER REEVES, her sister
-
BOBBY, her little son
|
| |
Subject(s) |
Bush
Life; Lawson, Henry; Mateship |
| |
Published |
Black
Horse and other Plays, Sydney J. Endacott, Melbourne, 1924. |
| |
Held
in MS/TS |
ANL
holds collections of Vance Palmer papers, MS 1174 and MS 1798,
and playscripts in the British Drama League (Australia) manuscript
collection, MS 5579. |
| |
|
|
| 309 |
Author |
Palmer,
Vance |
| |
Title |
Travellers |
| |
Date |
1923 |
| |
Length |
One
Act |
| |
Setting |
The
hut of Slanty Joe, an old hatter |
| |
Characters |
-
RODGERS, a politician
-
MRS GRIMES, a housekeeper
-
ALICE, a barmaid
-
SLANTY JOE, a hatter
-
MICK, the driver of the coach
|
| |
Cast |
-
Charles Doherty
-
Irene Appleton
-
Ruby May
-
T. Jennings
-
George Dawe
|
| |
Subject(s) |
Bush
Life; City vs Country; Flood; Social Status |
| |
Published |
Black
Horse and Other Plays, Sydney J. Endacott, Melbourne, 1924. |
| |
Held
in MS/TS |
ANL holds collections of Vance Palmer papers, MS 1174 and MS
1798, and playscripts in the British Drama League (Australia)
manuscript collection, MS 5579. |
| |
|
|
| 310 |
Author |
Park,
Ruth and Rees, Leslie Clarke |
| |
Title |
Harp
in the South, The |
| |
Date |
1949 |
| |
Length |
Three
Acts: Eight Scenes |
| |
Setting |
- I.i
Kitchen-living room of the Darcys' home, Surry Hills, Sydney.
October. Afternoon.
- I.ii
The same. Early December. Afternoon.
- II.i
A park. New Year's Eve.
- II.ii
The Darcys' home. Three months later.
- II.iii
A room in a house. Two weeks later.
-
II.iv The Darcy's home. The same night.
-
III.i The same. A few weeks later.
-
III.ii The same. An afternoon several months later.
|
| |
Characters |
-
MUMMA DARCY
-
DOLOUR DARCY, her 13 year old daughter
-
JOHNNY SHEILY, about 18
-
MISS SHEILY, his mother
-
CHARLEY ROTHE, a young gas-man
-
ROWENA DARCY, the Darcys' elder girl, about 20
-
TOMMY MENDEL
-
LICK JIMMY, a Chinese neighbour (middle-aged)
-
HUGH DARCY
-
GRANDMA
-
DELIE STOCK, about 50
-
A WOMAN, early middle-age
- "STELL"
-
A YOUNG MAN, aged 17 TWO MEN
|
| |
Cast |
-
Mary Hoskins
-
Shirley Falconer
-
Gerarld Williams
-
Junee Cornell
-
Harold Hinton
-
Diana Davidson
-
John Barnard
-
Frank Curtain
-
Alan Herbert
-
Ethel Gabriel
-
Gwen Sherwood
-
Dora Norris
-
Joanne Thomas
-
John Bryant
|
| |
Subject(s) |
Aborigines;
Domestic Life; Family Relations; Race Relations; Slum Life |
| |
Published |
Yackandandah
Playscripts, Melbourne, 1987. |
| |
Held
in MS/TS |
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| |
|
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| 311 |
Author |
Paxton,
Alfred W. |
| |
Title |
Giver
of Happiness, The: A Fantasy in Two Scenes |
| |
Date |
1923 |
| |
Length |
One
Act: Two Scenes |
| |
Setting |
- I.i
A winding road from a daisy-starred field.
-
I.ii A garden obscured by a rose coloured mist.
|
| |
Characters |
- PIERROT
- PIERRETTE
THE GIVER OF HAPPINESS
- NECESSITY
- THE
MATERIALIST
|
| |
Subject(s) |
Fantasy;
Materialism; Morality Play |
| |
Published |
E.A.
Vidler, Melbourne, 1923. |
| |
|
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| 312 |
Author |
Pearson,
Margaret M. |
| |
Title |
Press
Gang |
| |
Date |
1942 |
| |
Length |
Three
Acts |
| |
Setting |
The
Women Writers' room in the Morning Adviser, a Sydney newspaper. |
| |
Characters |
On
the staff of the Morning Adviser:
- BAYLISS
CONWAY, aged 27
-
VIKI RAINGER, aged 24
-
GEORGINA GODFREY, aged 20
- FRANCES
FINDLAY, aged 35
- ANNABEL
ALLARDYCE, aged 23
-
RACHEL PARKER, aged 28
- TYPIST
- CAROL
NICHOLLS, aged 24
-
MRS LINDLEY LORDE
-
TWO MESSENGER GIRLS
- TIMID
WOMAN
- INTIMIDATING
WOMAN
-
MADAME MAXILLA
-
GIRL IN UNIFORM OF WOMENS ANTI-AIRCRAFT AUXILIARY
- CAPTAIN
BEN BANNISTER, D.S.O., M.C.
- POLICE
CONSTABLE
|
| |
Subject(s) |
Espionage;
Newspapers; War; World War II |
| |
Held
in MS/TS |
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| 313 |
Author |
Peterson,
Ralph W. |
| |
Title |
Night
of the Ding Dong, The |
| |
Date |
1959 |
| |
Length |
Three
Acts: Six Scenes |
| |
Setting |
The
living room of the Beauchamp residence, Montefore Hill, Adelaide
in the colony of South Australia. Circa 1870.
- I.i
A warm Saturday afternoon in late Summer.
-
I.ii The following evening.
- II.i
A few moments later.
-
II.ii Three weeks later.
-
II.iii Almost immediately afterwards.
-
III Eight hours later.
|
| |
Characters |
- COL
CHARLES BEAUCHAMP, a colonial administrator
- MRS
BEAUCHAMP, his mother
- VICTORIA,
his wife
- LOUISE,
his daughter
- THADDEUS,
his son
-
MARCUS HIGSON, a young school teacher
- ANNETTE,
a young girl
-
MR HARRY KELP, a north country building contractor
-
MR GODWIN SMEDLE, a bank director
- MR
MORGAN NASH, a newspaper editor
|
| |
Subject(s) |
Colonial
Period; War |
| |
Held
in MS/TS |
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Campbell Howard Collection. QU: Hanger Collection. [QU Dates
the script 1962]. ANL holds collections of Ralph Peterson papers,
MS 2705. |
| |
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| 314 |
Author |
Peterson, Ralph W. |
| |
Title |
Square
Ring, The |
| |
Date |
1953 |
| |
Length |
Three
Acts |
| |
Setting |
The
entire action takes place in the dressing room and adjoining
passage-way of Adam's Stadium, Middlesfield. A Wednesday night
between the hours of 7.15 and 10.15pm. |
| |
Characters |
- DANNY
FELTON
- FRANK
FORD
- JOE
-
JOE'S ASSISTANT
-
EDDIE BURKE, a lightweight
-
HAPPY COOMBES, a welterweight
- RICK
MARTELL, a welterweight
-
ROWDIE RAWLINGS, a middleweight
-
SAILOR JOHNSTON, a middleweight
- DOCKER
STARKIE, a middleweight
-
WATTY
- THE
DOCTOR
- THE
MANAGER
|
| |
Subject(s) |
Boxing |
| |
Held
in MS/TS |
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Peterson papers, MS 2705. |
| |
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| 315 |
Author |
Ponton,
Frank |
| |
Title |
No
Miracle |
| |
Date |
1953 |
| |
Length |
One Act: Three Scenes |
| |
Setting |
One
day near Christmas in the New Zealand of the 1820s.
- I.i A lonely beach. Dawn.
- I.ii
The interior of the Samuel's mission hut, early afternoon.
-
I.iii The same. Late afternoon.
|
| |
Characters |
- JOHNNY,
a cabin boy
- JOHNSON,
a sailor
- LAVER,
a sailor
- THE
REVEREND EDWARD SAMUEL, a missionary
-
MRS SAMUEL, his wife
|
| |
Subject(s) |
Race
Relations; Religion |
| |
Held
in MS/TS |
NUNE:
Campbell Howard Collection. |
| |
|
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| 316 |
Author |
Pooley,
John |
| |
Title |
This
Was Goodbye |
| |
Length |
One Act |
| |
Setting |
Kirwall.
An eighteenth century Castle in the Orkney Islands. Late afternoon
on a summer's day, 1942. |
| |
Characters |
- MRS
STANDISH DONALD, her elder son
- LEON,
her younger son
- DIANA
GRAYSON, Leon's fiancee
-
SARA MacLAINE, an elderly servant
|
| |
Subject(s) |
Family
Relations; Paranormal and Spiritual; War; World War II |
| |
Held
in MS/TS |
NUNE:
Campbell Howard Collection. |
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|
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| 317 |
Author |
Porteous,
R. S. |
| |
Title |
Girl
from Singapore, The: A Comedy in Three Acts |
| |
Length |
Three
Acts |
| |
Setting |
- I
The Master's day cabin on the S.S. Torsdale.
- II
The same.
- III
The same. Three days later.
|
| |
Characters |
- ALFRED
SMOUT, the captain's steward
-
HOPKINS, the bosun
- CAPTAIN
BELL
- SIR
HENRY ATHERTON
-
LADY ATHERTON
- PAMELA
ATHERTON
- THE
GIRL (MARY SOON LEE)
-
MR HARDING, the chief officer
|
| |
Held
in MS/TS |
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| 318 |
Author |
Porter,
Charles |
| |
Title |
Nellie
Lacey and the Bushranger |
| |
Date |
1943 |
| |
Length |
One
Act |
| |
Setting |
The
kitchen of a slab hut somewhere in New South Wales in the 1850s. |
| |
Characters |
-
NARRATOR
-
HENRY LACEY
-
NELLIE LACEY
-
TROOPER
-
TOM LACEY
-
RICHARD LACEY
-
CAPT. MIDNIGHT
|
| |
Cast |
-
Marion Johns
-
David Saxby
-
Mollie Shackleton
-
Bruce Beeby
-
Stanford Edwards
-
Bruce Jarrett
-
Edgar Yardley
|
| |
Subject(s) |
Bush
Life; Bushrangers; Family Relations; Women's Issues |
| |
Published |
Six
Australian One-Act Plays, Mulga Publications, Sydney, 1944. |
| |
|
|
| 319 |
Author |
Prichard,
Katharine Susannah |
| |
Title |
Brumby
Innes |
| |
Date |
1927 |
| |
Length |
Three
Acts |
| |
Setting |
- I
The black's camp.
- II
The kitchen of Brumby Innes' homestead on a wild and lonely
cattle station of the Nor-West.
- III
The same.
|
| |
Characters |
- WONGANA,
an aborigine
- MICKINA,
an aborigine
- SPIDER,
an aborigine
- TALLAMURRA,
an old woman
-
NARDADU, an old woman
-
WARRARIE, an old woman
- POLLY,
an old woman
-
WYLBA, a little girl
- SEVERAL
OTHER NATIVES
- JOHN
HALLINAN, owner of Nyedee Station
- MAY,
his neice
- JACK
CAREY, an old stockman
-
BRUMBY INNES
|
| |
Subject(s) |
Aborigines;
Bush Life; Moral Degeneration; Race Relations |
| |
Published |
Paterson's
Printing Press, Perth, 1940. Brumby Innes; Bid Me to Love, Currency
Press, Sydney, 1974. |
| |
Held
in MS/TS |
QU: Hanger Collection. ANL holds a collection of Katharine Susannah
Prichard papers. |
| |
|
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| 320 |
Author |
Prichard,
Katharine Susannah |
| |
Title |
Burglar,
The |
| |
Date |
1910 |
| |
Length |
One
Act |
| |
Setting |
Sally's
room. Midnight. |
| |
Characters |
-
BILL, the burglar
-
MISS SOPHIA HAWTHORN, a wealthy spinster
-
SALLY MORROW, engaged to her nephew
|
| |
Cast |
-
Sol Bloom
-
Allie Robson
-
Maud Jolliffe
|
| |
Subject(s) |
Crime |
| |
|
|
| 321 |
Author |
Prichard,
Katharine Susannah |
| |
Title |
Forward
One: A One-Act Play |
| |
Date |
1935 |
| |
Length |
One
Act |
| |
Setting |
A
frock shop in Perth. A summer afternoon. |
| |
Characters |
-
MISS DREW, manageress
-
ABSURD PERSON
- ELSIE NEWTON, shop assistant at Cherie & Co's.
- VERA, shop assistant at Cherie & Co's.
-
EXACTING CUSTOMER
-
SYLVIA BRACEY
-
PHYLIS SHAW
-
OLD WOMAN
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Cast |
-
Marjorie Smith
-
Edith Lawrence
-
Patricia Fisher
-
Lucy Smith
-
Betty Lenton
-
Peggy Lenton
-
Christina Dempster
-
Patricia Walker
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Subject(s) |
Trade
Unionism; Work and Business |
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| 322 |
Author |
Prichard,
Katharine Susannah |
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Title |
Good
Morning |
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Date |
1955 |
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Length |
One
Act |
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Setting |
The
office of the Deputy Commissioner of Pensions. |
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Characters |
- MISS
HIGGS, Secretary to Deputy Commissioner Sparks of the Pensions
Department. A good looking girl.
- SPARKS,
a self-important, cock-sparrow of a man
- MRS
MORIARTY, MRS DREW, MRS PARSONS, MRS JONES, working women
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Subject(s) |
Public
Service; Women's Issues |
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| 323 |
Author |
Prichard, Katharine Susannah |
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Title |
Great
Man, The: A Comedy in Three Acts |
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Date |
1923 |
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Length |
Three Acts |
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Setting |
Isabel's
sitting room. |
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Characters |
-
ROBERT KENNEDY
-
ISABEL, his wife
-
MAGGIE GRAY, his sister
-
VI APPLEWOOD, her sister HEBE, the serving wench NURSE BLYTHE,
MRS McLEAN, MRS PEABODY, DR McPHERSON, neighbours
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Cast |
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Charles Doherty
-
Hilda Bill
-
Kathleen Venman
-
Irene Appleton
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Subject(s) |
Domestic
Life; Marriage |
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| 324 |
Author |
Prichard, Katharine Susannah |
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Title |
Great
Strike, The: A Three-Act Play |
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Date |
1931
ca |
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Length |
Three
Acts |
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Setting |
- I
The living room of a miner's shack made of bagging and corrugated
iron.
- II
The lounge of Langridge's house in a fashionable Melbourne
suburb.
- III
The worker's council room in the Trades Hall at Silver Hill.
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Characters |
- DICK
ELLIS, an old miner
- NELL
ELLIS, his wife
- TOM
ELLIS AND SYD ELLIS, their sons
- ELLIE
ELLIS, their daughter
- SARAH
SMITH, a midwife
- MRS
HILL AND MRS DUNN, miners' wives
- KENNEDY
- GREY
-
SMITH
- HAYES
- COLGATE
-
SARGEANT BRAND
- CONSTABLE
RYAN
- MORREY
MARTIN
- BEATRICE
LANGRIDGE, a school teacher
- GEORGE
LANGRIDGE, mineowner
-
HELEN LANGRIDGE, his wife
- DORRIE
LANGRIDGE, their daughter
- GRANNY,
Langridge's mother
- MISS
HONEYBUN, a theosophist of ample proportions
-
MRS FLINT, a Christian socialist
- MRS
BEVERLEY, an aristocrat
- REV
PERCY DUDD, a parson
-
SIR JOHN JONES
- WITHERSDANE
WYNN
- BOBBY
- MORREY
MARTIN, a pimp among the miners
-
M'GINNIS, detective
-
SPRONLE, detective
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Subject(s) |
Law
and Justice; Politics and Ideology; Social Status; Trade Unionism;
Work and Business |
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Author |
Prichard,
Katharine Susannah |
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Title |
Her
Place: A Curtain Raiser |
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Date |
1913 |
| |
Length |
One Act |
| |
Setting |
The
shabby "genteel" drawing room of a suburban boarding house. |
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Characters |
- MEG
BROWN, the landlady's daughter
- ROSALINE
GRAHAM
- MRS
DELANEY
- PETER
LEVINSON, a barrister, engaged to Meg
-
MRS BUNNING, the charwoman
- A
POLICEMAN
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Subject(s) |
Law
and Justice |
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Author |
Prichard,
Katharine Susannah |
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Title |
Miracle
in the Street of Refugees, A: A Play in Three Acts |
| |
Date |
1910 |
| |
Length |
Three Acts |
| |
Setting |
- I
A street in Soho.
-
II The same.
- III
A room at the back of the pawnshop.
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Characters |
- OLD
GRABBA, a pawnbroker
-
LUISA, his lovely young daughter
- ANNA
KRANZEN, a Hungarian organ-grinder
-
AMELE, a French butcher
-
HIS WIFE BROCK, a German baker
-
HIS WIFE
- MATISS,
a Swiss jeweller
-
HIS WIFE
-
A BEGGAR
- CHILDREN
OF THE SLUMS, CROWD IN THE STREETS, CAROL SINGERS
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Subject(s) |
Family
Relations; Migrants; Slum Life |
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| 327 |
Author |
Prichard,
Katharine Susannah |
| |
Title |
Persephone's
Baby |
| |
Date |
1955
ca |
| |
Length |
Three Acts |
| |
Setting |
- I
The Brown's living room.
-
II The same. A fortnight later.
- III
The same. A month later.
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Characters |
- BLANCHE
SOMERS
- JANE
SOMERS
-
LYNETTE SOMERS
- MAUD
BROWN
- MRS
YABB, a neighbour
-
ALEXIS BRUNOVSKI, Lynette's dancing partner
-
SHIRLEY
-
BETTY
-
JAN
-
MUM, a dresser at the Theatre
- BRIAN
O'GRADY, a returned soldier
- MR
PENDLEBURY, a solicitor
- DETECTIVE
CONSTABLE HARRIS
- CALL-BOY
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Subject(s) |
Family
Relations; Returned Servicemen |
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| 328 |
Author |
Prichard,
Katharine Susannah |
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Title |
Pioneers,
The |
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Date |
1923 |
| |
Length |
One Act |
| |
Setting |
The
interior of a hut in the Gippsland forest, in the 1850s. |
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Characters |
-
DONALD CAMERON, a settler
-
MARY CAMERON, his wife
-
DAN FAREL, escaped convict
-
STEVE, escaped convict
-
THAD McNAB, shanty keeper
- McLAUGHLIN,
the trooper.
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Cast |
-
George Dawe
-
Hilda Bull
-
Leo Burke
-
J. Harcourt Bailey
-
T. Jennings
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Subject(s) |
Bush
Life; Colonial Period; Convicts; Pioneers |
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Published |
Best
Australian One Act Plays, Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1937.
Reprinted in Drama and the School, No. 34, 1967. |
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| 329 |
Author |
Prichard, Katharine Susannah |
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Title |
Solidarity:
A Play in Three Acts; (a.k.a. Penalty Clause) |
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Date |
1939-40 |
| |
Length |
Three
Acts: Eleven Scenes |
| |
Setting |
A
gold mining town in West Australia. A few years ago. |
| |
Characters |
- MICK
WATT, miner
- BOB
REED, miner
- BARNEY
EVANS, miner
- TOM
WYATT, miner
- TED
SMITH, miner
-
BILLY FLYNN, miner
- CHARLEY
LUFF, miner
- PETE
ROGOVITCH, miner
- OLD
PENNYWEIGHT, miner
-
PADDY RYAN, miner
- DYNAMITE
STEWART, miner
- CHICK
ROSS, miner
- BRACEMAN,
miner
- FIRST
AID MAN, miner
- JOHN
BREWSTER, mine manager
- JOSEPH,
General manager
- CYRIL
SLOAN, accountant
- MONTY
LEACH, shift boss
- MR
BOND, lawyer
- MR
WELLS, union advocate
- DOCTOR
JIMMY, boy about nine
- POST
BOY
-
MRS BREWSTER
- MARTY
WATT
-
ELSIE LEE
-
MRS EVANS
-
MRS SHAW
- MATRON
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Subject(s) |
Miners
and Mining; Trade Unionism; Work and Business |
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Author |
Prichard,
Katharine Susannah |
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Title |
Thief,
The: One Act Play |
| |
Length |
One Act |
| |
Setting |
A
law court in the U.S.S.R. |
| |
Characters |
- MILITIAMEN
- GROMOV,
cobbler
- FOMA
KURSKI, soldier
-
MASHA, peasant girl
- LISA
SERGEYEVINA BARDIN, a good-looking young woman
- STEPAN
ALEXANDROVITCH BARDIN, her husband. An engineer.
- ANDREYEV,
the judge
-
KATYA and IVANOVNA, associate judges
- ANNA
PETROVNA, Clerk
- APPOLINARIA
IVANOVNA DOBRYAKOV, Masha's grand- mother
-
PIETR PETOVITCH DOBRYAKOV, Masha's grand-father
-
TATIANA
-
DURYA
- AKULINA
- PETROF
-
SHUSHKIN
- ISTOMIN
OTHER WORKERS, PEASANTS and KOMSOLAS listening to cases
before the court
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Subject(s) |
Crime;
Law and Justice |
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| 331 |
Author |
Prichard,
Katharine Susannah |
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Title |
Women
of Spain, The |
| |
Date |
1937 |
| |
Length |
One Act |
| |
Setting |
The
living room of a working class flat in Barcelona. |
| |
Characters |
- FILIPE,
a wounded militiaman escaped from the rebel zone.
-
NINA, his sister-in-law
- JOSE,
her son, about 10 years old
- CHICA,
a militia girl
- GRANDMOTHER,
a Spanish Hecuba, shawled in black
-
TIA, her young daughter
- STRETCHER
BEARERS and TWO OR THREE CHILDREN off stage
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Subject(s) |
Spanish
Civil War; War |
| |
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| 332 |
Author |
Prince, Edna |
| |
Title |
First Show |
| |
Length |
One Act |
| |
Setting |
A small private gallery. |
| |
Characters |
-
AN ARTIST
-
THE GIRL IN CHARGE OF THE GALLERY
- A
FRIEND OF THE ARTIST
- AN
ARTY STUDENT
- A
SINCERE STUDENT
-
A TIRED STUDENT
- AN
IMPORTANT LADY
- AN
AGREEABLE LADY
- TWO
GIRLS
- A
GARRULOUS LADY
- A
PATIENT LADY
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Subject(s) |
Art and Artists |
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