The One Day of the Year

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Event The One Day of the Year
Venue Arrow Theatre, Middle Park, VIC
First Date 19 September 1963
Opening Date 19 September 1963
Last Date 28 September 1963
Dates Estimated No
Status Unknown
World Premiere No
Description About the Cook family and their friend Wacka, a Gallipoli veteran. Alf Cook is also a returned serviceman and can only relate positively to his identity as a soldier on one day of the year - ANZAC Day. 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 Australian National Identity
Australians
Family
War
War memorials
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Margaret Davies Director
Alan Seymour Playwright
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme Le Trobe
Australian Drama Project (UQ) Key ONEDAYOAS
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 115377