Adventures in Bush Valley single work   drama   children's   - One scene.
Issue Details: First known date: 1951... 1951 Adventures in Bush Valley
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Peter Flint suspects that the idle and ignorant farm labourer, George Bricker, is an 'escaped convict'. After Bricker is dismissed from the farm, Peter meets the five Worthing children who are pursuing Bricker, who they suspect has stolen jewelery from their father's store. Together, the six children plot to capture Bricker by tricking him into believing he has suffered a snake bite. Bricker is captured with the necklace, but not before he has set fire to the Flint property.

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  • Author estimates performance time of 18 minutes.

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First known date: ca. 1951
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    y separately published work icon The Nine Muses June Epstein , Melbourne : Robertson and Mullens , 1951 Z1531148 1951 selected work drama children's Five plays for children in the upper primary or secondary grades. They include a play based on the life of Bach, a reversioning of a Hans Christian Andersen (q.v.) tale, a Greek drama that brings classical composers to Mount Olympus, an adventure in the bush, and an espionage adventure for a schoolboy. Each play is accompanied by recommendations for performance, a stage map, and 'Suggestions for Original Work'. Melbourne : Robertson and Mullens , 1951 pg. 24-40
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