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A wartime story about grief and returning to life after WW1. It follows a reincarnated soldier and a young woman dealing with grief, as they help each other come to terms with the violence of war. 

Production Details

  • A reading of the play was given in Sydney, 19 October 1937.

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    y separately published work icon Best Australian One-Act Plays William Moore , T. Inglis Moore , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1937 Z304865 1937 anthology drama Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1937 pg. 155-174
      1937 .
      (Manuscript) assertion

      Holdings

      Held at: University of New England Dixson Library
      Location: Campbell Howard Collection
      Local Id: 421
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Works about this Work

Spatialising the Ghosts of Anzac in the Plays of Sydney Tomholt : The Absent Soldier and the War Memorial Veronica Kelly , 2007 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 23 no. 1 2007; (p. 18-35) Kelly argues that the resonant presentation of catastrophic effects of war in the plays of Sydney Tomholt makes them important early examples of modernist drama.
y separately published work icon Australian War Drama: 1909 to 1939 Susan Diana Cullen , 1989 Z362683 1989 single work thesis
Spatialising the Ghosts of Anzac in the Plays of Sydney Tomholt : The Absent Soldier and the War Memorial Veronica Kelly , 2007 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 23 no. 1 2007; (p. 18-35) Kelly argues that the resonant presentation of catastrophic effects of war in the plays of Sydney Tomholt makes them important early examples of modernist drama.
y separately published work icon Australian War Drama: 1909 to 1939 Susan Diana Cullen , 1989 Z362683 1989 single work thesis
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  • Melbourne, Victoria,
  • 1930s
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