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The Campbell Howard Annotated Index of Australian Plays 1920-1955 ed. Jack Bedson and Julian Croft (1993):335-336 comments 'A mystery comedy. An incredible impersonation by the true lover shocks the moneyed 'desirable' eligible into breaking off with the heroine and all live happily ever after.' The play is set in 'A lounge-vestibule in Mrs. Pilcarrow-browne's bellevue Hill home. The present.'
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A Sirius Cove
Melbourne
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1938
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1938
single work
radio play
historical fiction
humour
'In A Sirius Cove, Lionel Shave satirises In a frolicsome way contemporary Bellevue Hill society. The comedy also pokes fun at those who attempt to deny the early Australian convict background' (Leslie Rees. 'We Shall Have Drama', p. 6).
The play is a. comedy of social life in the setting of a Bellevue Hill (Sydney) mansion, and involves a contest between a mother's ambitions and a daughter's desires. In the end a first fleet ancestor plays a useful part in the daughter's behalf ('Three Dramatic Sessions.' Daily Examiner, Grafton, 7 May 1938, p. 8).
Production Details
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Entered in the One-Act Tournament and first produced at the Bryant's Playhouse, Sydney, 11 September 1935 followed by productions at the Emerson Hall, Sydney, 2 December 1935 and the Brisbane Arts Theatre, 1 October 1940.
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Subjects:
- Urban,
- Bellevue Hill, Sydney Eastern Harbourside, Sydney Eastern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,
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