Before the Dawn single work   drama   humour   - 3 acts
Issue Details: First known date: 1915... 1915 Before the Dawn
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Notes

  • The Argus theatre critic writes that in the role of Jack Holroyd the author, Jo Smith, played 'a breezy and boyish hero, equally convincing in the lighter parts and in the dramatic touches with which the piece is sown' (20 December 1915, p13).

Production Details

  • 1915 : Auditorium, Melbourne ; 18 December. Prod. Y. M. C. A. (C. F. Crosbie, President) ; Lessee J. and N. Tait. - Cast: S. H. Henry (Tom Holroyd, owner of Barooga Station), Jo Smith (Jack Holroyd, his nephew), E. A. Smith (Sydney Browne, Jack's chum), Claude Thomas (Rev. Gerald Brampton), Arthur Coppin (Marshall Kneale, a gardener), Linda Carver (Phyllis Fairfax), Maisie Smith (Dorothy Collins-Smythe), Jessie Wilson Miss Alice Devine, one of Phyllis' maiden aunts), Ethel Montague (Miss patricia Devine, the other maiden aunt). - Musicians: Y. M. C. A. Orchestra.

    • The entire net proceeeds of this performance were handed over to a fund which had been established to help provide winter huts and equipment for the Gallipoli campaign (Argus 18 December 1915, p24).
    • The Hon. Treasurer for the Y. M. C. A. was Lord Mayor Sir David Hennessy, with the Hon. Secretary being Frank E. Beaurepaire.

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Works about this Work

The Auditorium : 'Before the Dawn' 1915 single work review
— Appears in: The Argus , 20 December 1915; (p. 13)
— Review of Before the Dawn Joseph Smith , 1915 single work drama
Auditorium - 'Before the Dawn' 1915 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 20 December 1915; (p. 9)
— Review of Before the Dawn Joseph Smith , 1915 single work drama
Auditorium - 'Before the Dawn' 1915 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 20 December 1915; (p. 9)
— Review of Before the Dawn Joseph Smith , 1915 single work drama
The Auditorium : 'Before the Dawn' 1915 single work review
— Appears in: The Argus , 20 December 1915; (p. 13)
— Review of Before the Dawn Joseph Smith , 1915 single work drama
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