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An allegorical agitational play depicting the scheming of Capital, the Press and the Politician to introduce conscription to maximise profits. Workmen and youth who challenge them are thrown in jail and Democracy is gagged with censorship, until Quakers, students, farmers, women and soldiers unite to oppose conscription and overthrow the Politician.
Production Details
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1938: Domain, Sydney; 30 October
- Producer: New Theatre League
- Performed after a anti-conscription March by members of the Labor Council's Aid for China Committe, and members and supporters of the Communist Party, Labor Coucil and unions.
Sources: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/211830255
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/211830245
1938: Sydney; 27 November
- Producer: New Theatre League
- Performed with films of the anti-conscription demonstration, a talk by Jock Garden and another play, Union Label.
Source: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/237086785
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Four Australian Women Playwrights
1995
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Feminist Studies , no. 21 1995; (p. 129-152) Four Australian women playwrights discuss aspects of their work. Includes extracts from plays performed at the conference.
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Four Australian Women Playwrights
1995
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Feminist Studies , no. 21 1995; (p. 129-152) Four Australian women playwrights discuss aspects of their work. Includes extracts from plays performed at the conference.
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