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y separately published work icon Shipwreck single work   drama   - Three acts
  • Author:agent Douglas Stewart http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/stewart-douglas
Issue Details: First known date: 1947... 1947 Shipwreck
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

"Shipwreck, written in 1951, recreates the infamous mutiny that occurred after the Dutch ship Batavia foundered off the northwest Australian coast in 1629. It is a complex and literary play which depicts with sympathy the anarchic mutineers Cornelius, Huyssen and Seevanck." 

Source.

"This book 'Shipwreck: A Poetic Drama', was written by Douglas Stewart and illustrated with drawings and engravings by Norman Lindsay...The book is divided into three 'Acts'. which tell the story of the shipwreck of the BATAVIA."

Source: Australian National Maritime Museum http://collections.anmm.gov.au/objects/20202/shipwreck-a-poetic-drama;jsessionid=29E05D7347DA4C02D5CAB8860A347F0F 

Notes

  • Drama in blank verse.
  • Dedication: To Dolia Ribush and Arthur Phillips
  • Author's Note: The historical documents on which this play is founded were made available by the Mitchell Library, Sydney. The author is particularly indebted to Mr. Tom Mutch for his assistance in research.

Production Details

  • Produced at the Metropolitan Theatre at St Laurence Hall, Sydney in September 1949, and subsequently at the Little Theatre, Melbourne, 1951 and by the Canberra Repertory Society at the Riverside Theatre, June 1960. Produced professionally by the Elizabethan Theatre Trust, Union Theatre, Sydney, 1962.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Shepherd Press , 1947 .
      Printed by Shepherd and Newman
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      Extent: 96,[1] leaf of platesp.
      Description: Frontispiece illustration by Norman Lindsay.

      Holdings

      Held at: State Library of Queensland State Library of QLD
    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Shepherd Press , 1948 .
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      Alternative title: Shipwreck : a poetic drama
      Extent: 117, [5]p.p.
      Limited edition info: A lavish limited edition of 100 with 28 illustrations by Norman Lindsay.
      Description: 23 black and white drawings and 5 colour plates by Norman Lindsay.
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Four Plays Douglas Stewart , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1958 Z389675 1958 selected work drama Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1958 pg. 225-309
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Plays of the 50s [Volume One] Katharine Brisbane (editor), Strawberry Hills : Currency Press , 2007 Z1372257 2007 anthology drama Strawberry Hills : Currency Press , 2007
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Works about this Work

Ten Old Australian Plays Worthy of Another Look Stephen Vagg , 2023 single work essay
— Appears in: FilmInk , 6 March 2023;
Untitled Leonard Radic , 1988 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 21 September 1988;
— Review of Shipwreck Douglas Stewart , 1947 single work drama
Untitled David Matthews , 1988 single work review
— Appears in: The Herald , 19 September 1988;
— Review of Shipwreck Douglas Stewart , 1947 single work drama
Untitled Amanda Clarke , 1988 single work review
— Appears in: Beat Magazine , 21 September 1988;
— Review of Shipwreck Douglas Stewart , 1947 single work drama
Untitled Leon Gellert , 1974 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 28 June 1974; (p. 10)
— Review of Shipwreck Douglas Stewart , 1947 single work drama
One Hundred Men Killed in a Tent John Blight , 1947 single work review
— Appears in: Modern Times , September vol. 1 no. 1 1947; (p. 11)
— Review of Shipwreck Douglas Stewart , 1947 single work drama
The Voice of Australia Philip Lindsay , 1948 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 9 no. 2 1948; (p. 125-127)
— Review of Ned Kelly : A Play Douglas Stewart , 1942 single work drama ; Shipwreck Douglas Stewart , 1947 single work drama
Pirates Bold: Drama of a Shipwreck G. F. , 1947 single work review
— Appears in: The Australasian Book News and Literary Journal , August vol. 2 no. 2 1947; (p. 75-76)
— Review of Shipwreck Douglas Stewart , 1947 single work drama
Untitled J. F. , 1947 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 23 July vol. 68 no. 3519 1947; (p. 2)
— Review of Shipwreck Douglas Stewart , 1947 single work drama
Untitled Robert D. FitzGerald , 1947 single work review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 6 no. 4 1947; (p. 274-277)
— Review of Shipwreck Douglas Stewart , 1947 single work drama
Douglas Stewart: Poet, Playwright and Critic Owen W. Reid , 1963 single work criticism
— Appears in: Tasmanian Education , 15 November vol. 15 no. 1963; (p. 243-248)
Motif in the Work of Douglas Stewart Robert D. FitzGerald , 1963 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Elements of Poetry 1963; (p. 25-50) Considerations : New Essays on Kenneth Slessor, Judith Wright and Douglas Stewart 1977; (p. 143-168)
Modern Australian Drama : An Outsider's View Irene Gronowski , 1961 single work criticism
— Appears in: Quadrant , Autumn vol. 5 no. 2 1961; (p. 67-74)
Second Thoughts About Douglas Stewart David Bradley , 1960 single work criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , no. 3 1960; (p. 23-27)
Ten Old Australian Plays Worthy of Another Look Stephen Vagg , 2023 single work essay
— Appears in: FilmInk , 6 March 2023;
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