The Spirit Host single work   drama  
Issue Details: First known date: 1937... 1937 The Spirit Host
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Notes

  • The Players Club initially scheduled The Spirit Host for a season in October 1936, but was forced to postpone the production when its director. J. E. C. Appleton fell ill during the rehearsal period ('Players Club Change.' Sydney Morning Herald 10 October 1936, p.12)

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Works about this Work

Music and Drama 1937 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 20 March no. 30955 1937; (p. 12)
Amateurs Carry On Stage Traditions 1937 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 18 March no. 30953 1937; (p. 19)

— Review of The Spirit Host Edith Sterling Levis , 1937 single work drama
Australian Play Competitions E. C. , 1937 single work column
— Appears in: The Telegraph , 29 May 1937; (p. 15)

'There has been far some lime in Sydney a regular epidemic among non-professional companies of play-writing competitions, mostly for one-act pieces. Even one or two societies that were not sponsoring, a competition seemed (perhaps unconsciously) to fall into line, and put on a season of plays by local playwrights. Results of these contests and of the staged pieces, have on the whole, been encouraging...'

Social and Personal 1936 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 1 September no. 30784 1936; (p. 17S)

'Spring flowers decorated the reception-rooms of Cuan Dair, Parsley-road, Vaucluse, on Sunday evening, when Dr. and Mrs. Sterling Levis entertained a number of friends at a musicale...'

Amateurs Carry On Stage Traditions 1937 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 18 March no. 30953 1937; (p. 19)

— Review of The Spirit Host Edith Sterling Levis , 1937 single work drama
Music and Drama 1937 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 20 March no. 30955 1937; (p. 12)
Australian Play Competitions E. C. , 1937 single work column
— Appears in: The Telegraph , 29 May 1937; (p. 15)

'There has been far some lime in Sydney a regular epidemic among non-professional companies of play-writing competitions, mostly for one-act pieces. Even one or two societies that were not sponsoring, a competition seemed (perhaps unconsciously) to fall into line, and put on a season of plays by local playwrights. Results of these contests and of the staged pieces, have on the whole, been encouraging...'

Social and Personal 1936 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 1 September no. 30784 1936; (p. 17S)

'Spring flowers decorated the reception-rooms of Cuan Dair, Parsley-road, Vaucluse, on Sunday evening, when Dr. and Mrs. Sterling Levis entertained a number of friends at a musicale...'

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