Awake My Love

Awake My Love is a 1947 Australian stage play by Max Afford.[1] It was called "a significant milestone in Australian drama."[2]

Awake My Love
Written byMax Afford
Based onColonel Light - the Founder
by Max Afford
Date premieredSeptember 1947 (1947-09)
Place premieredIndependent Theatre, Sydney
Original languageEnglish
Genredrama
SettingAdelaide, 1836

Background

The play debuted in Adelaide in 1936 as William Light – The Founder.[3][4] The play was well received and helped launch Afford's career as a dramatist with the ABC.[5]

Afford subsequently rewrote the play and gave it a new title. It played at Sydney's Independent Theatre in 1947.[6]

Adaptation

It was adapted for ABC radio in 1947 and 1959.[7]

Premise

The story of Colonel William Light, Surveyor General of South Australia in 1836. It includes his feud with Governor Hindmarsh and his romance with Linda Manners.[8]

References
  1. "Awake My Love". The Sydney Jewish News. Vol. X, no. 4. New South Wales, Australia. 3 October 1947. p. 7. Retrieved 19 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. "Afford's Play Milestone In Local Drama". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 34, 230. New South Wales, Australia. 6 September 1947. p. 4. Retrieved 19 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "Max Afford". Cootamundra Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 2 March 1937. p. 4. Retrieved 19 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "Colonel Light Anniversary". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 7 October 1936. p. 26. Retrieved 19 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "Department for Radio Plays". The Courier-mail. No. 1043. Queensland, Australia. 2 January 1937. p. 14. Retrieved 19 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. "Historical theme of new Australian drama". The Daily Telegraph. Vol. VIII, no. 43. New South Wales, Australia. 7 September 1947. p. 36. Retrieved 19 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. Australian Broadcasting Commission. (1939), "Two Australian Plays", ABC weekly, Sydney: ABC (Vol. 21 No. 21 (27 May 1959)), nla.obj-1538664288, retrieved 19 July 2023 – via Trove
  8. "Theatre". Catholic Weekly. Vol. VI, no. 291. New South Wales, Australia. 25 September 1947. p. 8. Retrieved 19 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
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