Daybreak

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Event Daybreak
Venue Independent Theatre Clubrooms, Sydney, NSW
First Date 26 August 1939
Dates Estimated No
Status Amateur
World Premiere No
Description Three-act play set in Hobart in the 1830s. Daughter of tyrannical father makes common cause with a convict but their search for a better society is thwarted.
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Subjects Class Issues
Colonial
Convicts
Tasmania
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Audrey Cunningham Actor
Doreen Deane Actor
Ron Folkard Actor
Peggy Legge-Willis Actor
Gwenda Moverley Actor
Thomas Parramore Actor
Edwin Pate Actor
Gladys Scollick Actor
Winifred Taylor Actor
Doris Fitton Director
Catherine Shepherd Scriptwriter
Resources
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information Winner of the First Australian Play Competition run by The National Theatre Movement in 1938
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Australian Drama Project (UQ) DAYBREACS
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 97574