y separately published work icon Swan River Saga : Life of Early Pioneer Eliza Shaw selected work   drama   poetry   - Two Acts.
Note: Script by Mary Durack in collaboration with Nita Pannell.
Issue Details: First known date: 1972... 1972 Swan River Saga : Life of Early Pioneer Eliza Shaw
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Notes

  • Author's Introduction: The script of Swan River Saga is based on the letters and diary of Eliza Shaw who with her husband, former captain in a Leicestershire rifle regiment, and their six children migrated to the colony of Western Australia in 1829. Eliza was one of the longest lived of the early Swan River settlers, her story encompassing almost the first half century of the colony during which she survived her husband, five of their nine children and most of her contemporaries....Mary Durack.
  • Includes poem, 'Eliza', written by Mary Durack 'for Nita on her birthday 1972'.

Production Details

  • This play...began as a series of three sketches devised for a fund-raising soiree in 1971 and was afterwards included in a programme produced at the University Octagon Theatre by the late Sir Tyrone Guthrie. These performances aroused so much interest that Nita and I were asked to develop the theme to a full mono-drama production for the Perth Festival of Arts in 1972...Mary Durack. 'Introduction', (1972).

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Subjects:
  • Bush,
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    Ireland,
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    Western Europe, Europe,
  • Western Australia,
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    Australia,
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