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Issue Details: First known date: 1934... 1934 Prize One-Act Plays
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Notes

  • Note on title-page reads: 'Plays chosen for professional production by the International One-Act Play Theatre'.
  • Contents indexed selectively.

Contents

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Harrap , 1934 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Drought, M. S. Armstrong , single work drama

After years of drought, selectors Joe and Ellie have reached their breaking point. In fact the struggle has brought them to the brink of madness. The pair argue and reminisce about everything and nothing before Joe finally decides in a moment of clarity that Ellie should leave and go back to her family in the city. Although she is somewhat hesitant Joe begs her to go quickly before his sanity leaves him. Ellie gathers a few possessions and walks to the door. As she is about to leave she notices that the sky is getting dark. 'Clouds cranking' up a bit I expect,' says Joe, in reference to the smoke from the incessant bushfires. Ellie leaves and shortly afterwards Joe turns his rifle on himself. At the same time he fires the gun a crack of thunder is heard, followed by the sound of wild rain. Moments later his wife rushes in....

The play is set entirely within the livingroom of a bush shanty situated near the Bogan River, New South Wales.

(p. 77-93)

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Works about this Work

Australian Woman Writer Wins Play Award 1934 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 19 July no. 30122 1934; (p. 9S)
Some New Books of Plays E. C. Davidson , 1934 single work review
— Appears in: All About Books , 14 August vol. 6 no. 8 1934; (p. 155)

— Review of Prize One-Act Plays 1934 anthology drama
Some New Books of Plays E. C. Davidson , 1934 single work review
— Appears in: All About Books , 14 August vol. 6 no. 8 1934; (p. 155)

— Review of Prize One-Act Plays 1934 anthology drama
Australian Woman Writer Wins Play Award 1934 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 19 July no. 30122 1934; (p. 9S)
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