Sky without Birds explained

Sky without Birds
Premiere:	^[1]
Place:	New Theatre, Sydney
Orig Lang:	English
Genre:	drama

Sky without Birds is a 1952 Australian stage play by Oriel Gray.

The play made its debut at the New Theatre in Sydney. It was then produced in Adelaide^[2] and Brisbane.

Radio adaptation

The play was adapted for radio by the ABC in 1952.^[3]

The play was produced again in 1957.

Leslie Rees called it "a courageous tackling of a current social theme, with sensitive writing and feeling, but (in the stage version) too sluggish a movement towards a resolution. In the radio version, it played well."^[4]

Premise

At a railway settlement on the Nullabor plain, a group of Australians is joined by an immigrant, who is Jewish. He falls in love with a married woman.

External links

• Sky without Birds at Ausstage
• Sky Without Birds radio play, including complete text at AustLit (subscription required)

Notes and References

1. News: Sky Without Birds opens Carnival Drama festival . . 732 . New South Wales, Australia . 19 March 1952 . 11 October 2023 . 11 . National Library of Australia.
2. News: Contrasting Types In Australian Play . . 95 . 29,305 . South Australia . 13 September 1952 . 11 October 2023 . 5 . National Library of Australia.
3. News: Radio Repertory — ‘Sky without Birds’ . . XIII . 42 . New South Wales, Australia . 22 August 1952 . 11 October 2023 . 4 . National Library of Australia.
4. Book: Rees, Leslie. 127. Towards An Australian Drama. 1953 .