| A Spring Song | |
| Premiere: | March 1958 |
| Place: | Brisbane |
| Orig Lang: | English |
| Genre: | drama |
A Spring Song is a 1958 Australian play by Ray Mathew.
The play was given a reading by the Elizabethan Theatre Trust in 1957. The Age called the script "moving".[1] It played at the Sydney Pocket Theatre in 1958 and the Sydney Morning Herald said it was "not a success".[2]
The play was successfully presented at the Edinburgh Festival in 1964[3] and transferred to the West End that year.[4] The Evening Standard called it a "mellow, sentimental melodrama".[5]
The play was filmed for Canadian television in 1965 with the story relocated to Canada. Zoe Caldwell starred.[6]
The story of a farming family consisting of a father and his three daughters, Margaret, Kerry and Helen. Margaret is dying and falls in love with their boarder. Helen moves to Sydney. Kerry is in love with Geoff, a grazier's son, but is trapped into staying at home.