The One Day of the Year

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Event The One Day of the Year
Venue Arts Theatre, Adelaide, SA
First Date 26 March 1965
Opening Date 26 March 1965
Last Date 10 April 1965
Dates Estimated Yes
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description 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
James Hind Actor
Sue Lawrence Actor
Carmel Millhouse Actor
John Rosenberg Actor
Terry Stapleton Actor
Alan Seymour Playwright
Jean Marshall Producer
Ian Mooney Set Designer
Desmond White Stage Director
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme University of Adelaide Special Collections. Theatre Collection.
Australian Drama Project (UQ) Key ONEDAYOAS
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 62199