Brumby Innes Explained

Starring:Dennis Miller
Lynette Curran
Vic Marsh
Peter Cummins
Network:Network 10
Runtime:75 mins
Country:Australia
Language:English

Brumby Innes is a play by Katharine Susannah Prichard, written in the 1920s but not performed professionally until 1972. A TV film adaptation was broadcast in 1973.[1]

Premise

A station manager lives alone in the outback except for his best friend and local black women. A white woman arrives.

Play

Prichard's play had been written in the 1920s. In 1927 it won a competition for best Australian play.[2] [3]

It was performed in 1972 at The Pram Factory, Melbourne in an Australian Performing Group and Nindethana Theatre co-production.[4] [5] [6]

TV adaptation

External links

Notes and References

  1. Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970–1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p20
  2. News: A WEST AUSTRALIAN NOVELIST. . . Perth . 15 June 1935 . 24 May 2015 . 5 . National Library of Australia.
  3. News: BRUMBY INNES. . . Brisbane . 27 November 1927 . 24 May 2015 . 1 . National Library of Australia.
  4. http://www.pramfactory.com/memoirsfolder/Smythe-John.html "Pram Factory Recollections" by John Smythe
  5. News: WRITERS' WORLD. . . 25 November 1972 . 24 May 2015 . 12 . National Library of Australia.
  6. News: brumby innes . . 1779 . New South Wales, Australia . 31 October 1972 . 22 June 2024 . 8 . National Library of Australia.