y separately published work icon The Leave Train single work   drama   sketch (theatrical)   humour  
Issue Details: First known date: 1920... 1920 The Leave Train
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A comic sketch revolving around a group of soldiers on temporary leave from the trenches. The Pat Hanna Collection manuscript includes a good deal of slanguage and the use of malapropisms, such as 'you've been cremated and made mess orderly' and 'you'll blow some of those huns back to maternity.'

Production Details

  • 1920: His Majesty's Theatre, Brisbane, 3-9 April. Director Pat Hanna ; Producer Jack Haskell (for J. C. Williamson's Ltd) ; Troupe The Famous Digger Pierrots.

    Cast incl. Pat Hanna.

  • This entry has been sourced from on-going historical research into Australian popular theatre being conducted by Professor Richard Fotheringham and Dr Clay Djubal.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 1920
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      Description: Typescript.
      (Manuscript) assertion
      Note/s:
      • A letter attached to the script (dated 12 February 1916) reads, 'Dear Bill' from 'Your loving wife Maggie.'

      Holdings

      Held at: Performing Arts Museum Research Library
      Local Id: 2001.025
      Note:
      Pat Hanna Collection
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