The One Day of the Year

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Event The One Day of the Year
Venue Devonport Town Hall, Devonport, TAS
First Date 24 August 1961
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Part of a Tour Yes
Description A university student, Hughie Cook, helps his girlfriend Jan write an article criticising Anzac Day, which upsets his ex-serviceman father, Alf. The play was inspired by an article in the University of Sydney newspaper Honi Soit criticising Anzac Day and Seymour's own observations of how ex-servicemen behaved on that day. The character of Alf was based on Seymour's brother in law.
Description Source Website
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Subjects Anzac
Australian National Identity
Family
War memorials
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Bunney Brooke Actor Dot
Elaine Cusick Actor
Dennis Miller Actor Hughie
Wynn Roberts Actor Alf
Stewart Weller Actor Wacka
Anne Fraser Designer
Alan Seymour Playwright
John Sumner Producer
Resources
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Australian Drama Project (UQ) Key ONEDAYOAS
Marking Masculinity Project
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 115320