Time and the Conways

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Event Time and the Conways
Venue Princess Theatre, Woolloongabba, QLD
First Date 4 April 1940
Opening Date 4 April 1940
Last Date 5 April 1940
Dates Estimated No
Status Amateur
World Premiere No
Description A play in three acts. A British play written by J. B. Priestley in 1937 illustrating J. W. Dunne's Theory of Time through the experience of a moneyed Yorkshire family, the Conways, over a period of nineteen years from 1919 to 1937. The first act is set in the Conway house in 1919 on the night of the birthday of one of the daughters, Kay. Act Two moves to the same night in 1937 and is set in the same room in the house. Act Three then returns to 1919 seconds after the Act One left off.
Description Source Article
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Subjects Time
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Ernest Busch Actor
Audrey Court Actor
John Dolby Actor
Betty Hill Actor
Ailsa Krimmer Actor
Rosemary Stevenson Actor
Lorna Watt Actor
Dorothy Wheller Actor
William Williams Actor
J B Priestley Playwright
Barbara Sisley Producer
Works
Text Nationality England
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Newspaper Courier Mail 5 April 1940 p 9
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 110851