Dampier's Ghost Explained
Dampier's Ghost |
Director: | Gerald Ruse |
Setting: | A northwest Australian pearling port |
Premiere: | November 1933 |
Place: | Repertory Club, Perth |
Orig Lang: | English |
Genre: | comedy |
Dampier's Ghost is an Australian stage play by Henrietta Drake-Brockman.[1]
It was performed in Perth in November 1933[2] and in Sydney in 1939[3] as well as other amateur productions.[4]
The West Australian said "the comedy was well-developed and is played effectively. Its humour was fresh and had a real Australian tang about it."[5] The Australian Woman's Weekly said "Dialogue is excellent, and the curtain a good one."[6]
The play was published in a 1937 collection of Australian one act plays and in a collection of Drake-Brockman's writings.[7]
Premise
Set in Broome, Western Australia,[8] the play is a comedy set around a legend of a haunted house and buried treasure.[9]
External links
Notes and References
- Peter Cowan, 'Drake-Brockman, Geoffrey (1885–1977)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/drake-brockman-geoffrey-10047/text17719, published first in hardcopy 1996, accessed online 8 September 2023.
- News: The Amateur Stage . . LIII . 18,293 . Western Australia . 31 October 1933 . 8 September 2023 . 8 (Late City) . National Library of Australia.
- News: One-Act Plays. . . 31,620 . New South Wales, Australia . 5 May 1939 . 8 September 2023 . 16 . National Library of Australia.
- News: Amateur Theatre Launched . . 21,378 . Queensland, Australia . 18 May 1940 . 8 September 2023 . 9 . National Library of Australia.
- News: Perth Playwrights. . . XLIX . 9,780 . Western Australia . 2 November 1933 . 8 September 2023 . 14 . National Library of Australia.
- News: Books . . 5 . 15 . Australia, Australia . 18 September 1937 . 8 September 2023 . 30 . National Library of Australia.
- News: Our Young Dramatists . . 28,405 . Victoria, Australia . 4 September 1937 . 8 September 2023 . 29 (Week-End Magazine) . National Library of Australia.
- News: 1938-09-01 . WESTRALIAN PLAY. . Collie Mail . 2023-10-26.
- News: 1933-09-27 . PLAYS FROM LOCAL PENS . Daily News . 2023-10-26.