| A Sirius Cove | |
| Setting: | Bellvue Hill, Sydney |
| Premiere: | 11 September 1935 |
| Orig Lang: | English |
| Genre: | comedy |
A Sirius Cove is a 1935 Australian comedy play by Lionel Shave.[1]
The play was one of the most highly regarded of the 1930s.
The play was broadcast on Australian radio in 1938 as part of the ABC's Drama Week.[2]
It was broadcast on radio in England, South Africa and New Zealand.
It was published in 1948 in a collection of Shave's one act plays.[3]
Reviewing the 1938 production, Wireless Weekly said "The obvious denouement creaked, but creaked pleasantly like Granny’s rocking- chair; you were pleased the dear old thing was still enjoying life. But too long. The creaking went on long after Granny’s bed-time. I was yawn-ing, and saying to myself, “Is she going to keep me up all night?”"
According to the ABC the play "satirises in a frolicksome way contemporary Bellevue Hill society. The comedy also pokes fun at those who attempt to deny the early Australian con-vict background."
A man descended from a convict turns up at a Bellevue House owned by Mr and mrs Pilcarrow-Browne, who are anxious that their daughter Mercia should marry well.