Marty single work   drama   adventure   romance  
Issue Details: First known date: 1926... 1926 Marty
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Citing a review in the Register, the Sydney Morning Herald records that this new play by Mr Alex Symon of South Australia demonstrated 'unusual insight and deft handling of character.' The paper goes on to note : 'The scenes are laid out in the English country home of the wealthy [and haughty] Mrs Smith, into whose life there comes unexpectedly the consequence of grim tragedy in South America - a past she is endeavouring to forget, for her husband Eugene Dexter long since dead, had built up the family fortunes through his rubber ventures, [but] had become notorious by his brutal cruelties to his native workmen. Marty is the heroine who in her devotion rescues Gerald, Mrs Smith's son, from despair in a climax which is written of as possessing strong psychological interest' (Sydney Morning Herald 11 December 1926, p9).

Production Details

  • 1926 : Repertory Theatre, Adelaide ; ca. November/December [2 performances only]. Prod. Adelaide Repertory Theatre. Cast incl. Beryl Kook (Marty), Ethelwynn Robin (Mrs Smith), Wallace Johnstone (Gerald Smith), Mr ham (Emilio Forganzo).

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Works about this Work

New Australian Play 1926 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 11 December no. 27749 1926; (p. 9)

— Review of Marty Alex Symon , 1926 single work drama
New Australian Play 1926 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 11 December no. 27749 1926; (p. 9)

— Review of Marty Alex Symon , 1926 single work drama
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    Western Europe, Europe,
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