 Event |
The One Day of the Year
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| Venue |
Palace Theatre, Sydney, NSW |
| First Date |
24 April 1961 |
| Opening Date |
26 April 1961 |
| Last Date |
20 May 1961 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
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
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| Secondary Genre |
Drama
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| Subjects |
Anzac
Australian National Identity
War memorials
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| Organisations |
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| Contributors |
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| Resources |
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Article: Bomb "threat" to Anzac play: theatre search, Sydney Morning Herald, 25 April 1961, 8
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Article: Playwright carries on his writing, Sydney Morning Herald, 25 April 1961, 10
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Article: Playwright explains his purpose, Sydney Morning Herald, 26 April 1961, 2
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Article: Theatrical bonanzac, The Bulletin, 12 April 1961, 3
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Design: Anne Fraser, Set design by Anne Fraser for The One Day of the Year, Arts Centre Melbourne, Australian Performing Arts Collection, 1961
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Review: Brek, Alan Seymour's play, Nation, 6 May 1961, 19
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Review: A W, "The one day of the year" at the Palace
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Review: N K, Exciting drama, The Sun (NSW), 27 April 1961, 40
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Review: Frank Harris, A great Palace night, Daily Mirror, 27 April 1961, 30
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Review: Kylie Tennant, The one day of the year, Overland, 21 August 1961, 29
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Review: Ronald McCuaig, A comic tragedy, The Bulletin, 3 April 1961
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Review: [The one day of the year}, The Australian Quarterly, June 1961, 126
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| Works |
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| Text Nationality |
Australia
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| Production Nationality |
Australia
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| Further Information |
Sourced from advertisement in programme for Palace Theatre season of 'The Glass Menagerie'1961.
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Source |
| Source |
Description |
| Marking Masculinity Project |
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| Programme Advertisement |
Dennis Wolanski Library collection at UNSW Library |
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| Data Set |
AusStage |
| Event Identifier |
14814 |
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