The One Day of the Year

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Event The One Day of the Year
Venue New Theatre, Sydney (1963-1973), Darlinghurst, NSW
First Date 22 February 1964
Opening Date 22 February 1964
Last Date 18 April 1964
Dates Estimated No
Status Pro-Am
World Premiere No
Description By Australian author Alan Seymour. 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 Anzac
Australian National Identity
Family
War memorials
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Nan Gow Actor
John Gray Actor
Denise Perry Actor
Stanislav Polonski Actor
John Rabbitts Actor
Barbara Smith Costume Designer
John Armstrong Director
Laurie McDonald Lighting Designer
Alan Seymour Playwright
David Milliss Set Designer
Tessa Mallos Stage Manager
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme Dennis Wolanski Library collection at UNSW Library
Programme PROMPT Collection, National Library of Australia
Australian Drama Project (UQ) Key ONEDAYOAS
Newspaper The Sydney Morning Herald, 24 February 1964, 6
Event Identifier 20921
Dataset AusStage