AusStage

Event

Awake My Love

Venue

First Date

4 September 1947

Opening Date

4 September 1947

Dates Estimated

Status

Pro-Am

World Premiere

Yes

Primary Genre

Theatre - Spoken Word

Subjects

Historical
South Australia

Organisations

Contributors

Resources

Richard Lane, Awake My Love, Companion To Theatre In Australia, 1995, 76

Play in three acts by Max Afford. premiere 4 September 1947, Independent Theatre, Sydney. Cast: Paul O'Loughlin, Kevin Brennan. Designer: Thelma Afford. Director: Doris Fitton. published Brisbane: University of Queensland Press 1974.
With this play, originally titled Colonel Light-The Founder, Max Afford won the Adelaide Advertiser newspaper's first prize for a play to celebrate South Australia's centenary in 1936. He rewrote it as Awake My Love, incorporating love interest into a historical drama based on the life of Colonel William Light, the first Surveyor-General of South Australia. The play is set in the years 1837-39 and deals mainly with the conflict between Light and autocratic Governor Hindmarsh over the site of the city of Adelaide. The playwright's wife, Thelma Afford designed the decor and costumes.

Article: Richard Lane, Awake My Love, Companion To Theatre In Australia, 1995, 76
Review: Afford's Play Milestone In Local Drama, Sydney Morning Herald, 6 September 1947, 4

Works

Text Nationality

Australia

Production Nationality

Australia

Further Information

An Historical drama based on life of Colonel William Light. Play is a version of his earlier (1936) 'Colonel Light - The Founder'.

Event Status

Completed

Data Source

Source	Description
Book	John McCallum, Belonging, Currency Press, Sydney, 2009
Programme	Dennis Wolanski Library collection at UNSW Library

Event Identifier

12826

Dataset

AusStage