y separately published work icon The Trapper single work   drama   - One act.
Issue Details: First known date: 1958... 1958 The Trapper
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This play is based on Morrow's experiences on the goldfields as a miner, prospector and engine driver.

Notes

  • This play won second place at the 1957 Adelaide Eisteddfod.
  • Alexander Turner produced the radio version of 'The Trapper' for the ABC in Western Australia.

Production Details

  • First produced by Theatres Associated for the 1957 Adelaide Eisteddfod. Later developed into a full length play, it was produced for four nights at The Hut, Adelaide University Theatre.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Hobart, Southeast Tasmania, Tasmania,: Tasmanian Adult Education Board , 1958 .
      Extent: 20p.
      Description: illus.
      Series: Derwent Series Tasmanian Adult Education Board (publisher), 1957- series - publisher drama 'The Derwent Series belongs to the little theatres of Australia. Published by the Tasmanian Adult Education Board, it is designed to answer a lively demand by these amateur and semi-professional groups for one-act plays reflecting the Australian scene, and available in a cheap acting edition. (Source: The Trapper (1958).
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