We Find the Bunyip
| We Find the Bunyip | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Ray Mathew |
| Date premiered | August 14, 1955 |
| Place premiered | Wollongong Pioneer Hall, Wollongong |
| Original language | English |
| Genre | comedy |
We Find the Bunyip is a 1955 Australian play by Ray Mathew. It is a comedy set in an Australian country pub.
It was highly commended in a competition from the Playwrights' Advisory Board.[1] The play was produced at Sydney's Independent Theatre in a production sponsored by the Elizabethan Theatre Trust.[2][3] The Sydney Morning Herald praised its humour and observation through criticised the lack of story.[4]
The Bulletin praised the script as "lively, comic, full of love and grog, possibly a bit squalid, but with an underlying or pervading atmosphere of poetry."[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Australian Broadcasting Commission. (17 September 1955), "AUSTRALIAN PLAY COMPETITION", ABC Weekly, 17 (37), Sydney: ABC, nla.obj-1540599251, retrieved 26 July 2023 – via Trove
- ^ ""The 17th Doll"", The Bulletin, John Ryan Comic Collection (Specific issues)., 77 (3962), Sydney, N.S.W: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 18 Jan 1956, ISSN 0007-4039, nla.obj-694057937, retrieved 26 July 2023 – via Trove
- ^ "SUNDRY SHOWS Stage and Music", The Bulletin, John Ryan Comic Collection (Specific issues)., 76 (3943), Sydney, N.S.W: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 7 Sep 1955, ISSN 0007-4039, nla.obj-693185891, retrieved 26 July 2023 – via Trove
- ^ "Bush pub is setting of new comedy". The Sydney Morning Herald. 30 August 1955. p. 10.
- ^ "SUNDRY SHOWS TALKIES THEATRE MUSIC ART Stage and Music", The Bulletin, John Ryan Comic Collection (Specific issues)., 76 (3941), Sydney, N.S.W: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 24 Aug 1955, ISSN 0007-4039, nla.obj-693175575, retrieved 26 July 2023 – via Trove
External links
[edit]- Ray Mathew Papers
- We Find the Bunyip at Ausstage
- Complete play at Internet Archive