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His Gentle Art of Making Enemies
Play Length: Three Acts: Four Scenes
Synopsis:
Act I: One of Whistler's famous Sunday morning breakfasts. The gay and distinguished company discusses the host, who is late (as usual). When he appears his wit and charm captivate (among the rest)…
Synopsis:
Act I: One of Whistler's famous Sunday morning breakfasts. The gay and distinguished company discusses the host, who is late (as usual). When he appears his wit and charm captivate (among the rest)…
Woolgathering: An Original Three-Act Farce
Play Length: Three Acts
Synopsis: Kathleen Rawlins invites a party of people to visit her brother's station and pretend to be buyers, so as to get a better price out of Perry, a potential buyer, at auction. The psychic Phoebe Trelawney comes also,…
Synopsis: Kathleen Rawlins invites a party of people to visit her brother's station and pretend to be buyers, so as to get a better price out of Perry, a potential buyer, at auction. The psychic Phoebe Trelawney comes also,…
Quick and the Dead, The
Play Length: One Act
Setting: A courthouse.
Characters:
HUMBUG, a magistrate
FORCE, a policeman
A FRENCH AUTHOR
A GREEK AUTHOR
A CHINESE AUTHOR
Setting: A courthouse.
Characters:
HUMBUG, a magistrate
FORCE, a policeman
A FRENCH AUTHOR
A GREEK AUTHOR
A CHINESE AUTHOR
Shipwreck: A Drama in Four Acts
Length: Four Acts: Six Scenes
Synopsis: Michael Gavan is left-of-centre and is disappointed with the trend in Australian politics. He speaks his mind to the Grahams, who are holidaying in the Gippsland area. A Nationalist-Country Party colaition is…
Synopsis: Michael Gavan is left-of-centre and is disappointed with the trend in Australian politics. He speaks his mind to the Grahams, who are holidaying in the Gippsland area. A Nationalist-Country Party colaition is…
Moon Child, The
Play Length: One Act
Synopsis: Fireheart and Moonchild are lovers in defiance of Mohabie, who desires to wed Moonchild so that he can start a new race. Before Mohabie can take vengeance, the Bunyip arises from his pool. The monster protects…
Synopsis: Fireheart and Moonchild are lovers in defiance of Mohabie, who desires to wed Moonchild so that he can start a new race. Before Mohabie can take vengeance, the Bunyip arises from his pool. The monster protects…
Voice of Jerome Keddle, The
Play Length: Three Acts: Five Scenes
Synopsis: A murder mystery. A young couple, Jim and Enid Elder, arrive at their new house, Stormont station. The housekeeper's husband, Jerome Keddle, acts insanely. He believes the house is his property and…
Synopsis: A murder mystery. A young couple, Jim and Enid Elder, arrive at their new house, Stormont station. The housekeeper's husband, Jerome Keddle, acts insanely. He believes the house is his property and…
Intrigue
Play Length: Three Acts: Five Scenes
Synopsis: Love affairs and political intrigue at the Court of Louis XIV. However, all ends happily with the two lovers free to wed as the King sees through the stratagems of the courtiers.
Setting:
Various…
Synopsis: Love affairs and political intrigue at the Court of Louis XIV. However, all ends happily with the two lovers free to wed as the King sees through the stratagems of the courtiers.
Setting:
Various…
Fight, The: A Play in Four Acts
Play Length: Four Acts
Synopsis: Tom Inglis has refused to marry Dr Stanhope's nurse - Nance Crosswaithe. He avers he has tuberculosis. In fact, he is syphilitic. Stanhope knows Inglis has fallen in love (so he thinks) with Ettie Beaumont, the…
Synopsis: Tom Inglis has refused to marry Dr Stanhope's nurse - Nance Crosswaithe. He avers he has tuberculosis. In fact, he is syphilitic. Stanhope knows Inglis has fallen in love (so he thinks) with Ettie Beaumont, the…
Digger's Rest: A Comedy in Three Acts (a.k.a.The Battler)
Length: Three Acts
Synopsis: The Battler-Oglive-has returned after striking it rich in Western Australia. He discovers gold in an old abandoned working and the Digger's Rest community has wealth and life for a short while. But the mine folds and the…
Synopsis: The Battler-Oglive-has returned after striking it rich in Western Australia. He discovers gold in an old abandoned working and the Digger's Rest community has wealth and life for a short while. But the mine folds and the…
Died of Wounds
Length: One Act
Synopsis: John Sturdee has political ambitions, but is embarrassed by his drunken brother David. David is an ex-serviceman, decorated for bravery. He is loved by his sister-in-law and adored by his nephew Lenny. Before World War I he…
Synopsis: John Sturdee has political ambitions, but is embarrassed by his drunken brother David. David is an ex-serviceman, decorated for bravery. He is loved by his sister-in-law and adored by his nephew Lenny. Before World War I he…