Ruby Massey's Verse Speaking Choir

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Event Ruby Massey's Verse Speaking Choir
Venue Town and Country Women's Club, Brisbane, QLD
First Date 14 July 1939
Opening Date 14 July 1939
Last Date 14 July 1939
Dates Estimated No
Status Amateur
World Premiere No
Description Three one-act plays. The Unrehearsed, a comedy, in which the members of the cast were dressed in various inconsequential costumes, a grass skirt, pyjamas, a jockey's uniform, and a dinner jacket. A Grain of Morphia which followed was a drama which argued about the ethics of euthanasia. It was enacted by the nurses of a hospital, one of whom was in love with an incurable patient and finally released him from his pain by giving him an overdose of morphia. The argument against euthanasia won the day, for although the erring nurse's action was forgiven by the matron, she was told that no patient
Description Source Article
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre One Act Plays
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Marjorie Clark Actor
Rudyard Kipling Author
A A Milne Author
Ruby Massey Producer
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Newspaper
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 110716