A Spring Song

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Event A Spring Song
Venue Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, Scotland
Umbrella Event Edinburgh Festival
First Date 1964
Opening Date 1964
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description "Peter, a poet and school teacher, boards with the Dennisons, a farming family. He meets all three daughters and falls in love with Margaret, who is dying. When Dennison tries to prevent his youngest daughter, Kerry, from going out with the local squatter's son she tells him of Margaret's fatal illness and he collapses with a heart attack. Peter decides to resign from teaching and stay on in the house to write".
Description Source Advertisement
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Comedy
Drama
Subjects Family
Relationships
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Ray Mathew Playwright
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Scotland
Further Information English production of Australian play. Information taken primarily from the 1964 London Mermaid Theatre programme for A Spring Song. Would have been shown before 28th Sept, 1964. No cast or production list available and therefore not entered.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme Advertisement PROMPT Collection, National Library of Australia
Australian Drama Project (UQ) Key SPRINGSRM
Newspaper The Times, 29 September 1964, 13c
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 26947