Jane, My Love

Jane, My Love is a 1951 stage play by Catherine Shepherd about Jane Franklin and John Franklin.[1]

Jane, My Love
Written byCatherine Shepherd
Date premieredSeptember 22, 1951 (1951-09-22)
Place premieredTheatre Royal, Hobart
Original languageEnglish
Genredrama
SettingHobart

It was commissioned for the Jubilee of Federation celebrations.[2]

The Hobart Mercury said "The play scarcely is entertaining, except for those familiar with early Tasmanian history. However, as an historical work commissioned for the Commonwealth Jubilee, it is a splendid documentary of five years in the lives of Sir John and Lady Franklin in Hobart Town."[3]

Writer Leslie Rees said "It gave a picture, too diffuse in its stage original, of the Tasmanian capital as Lieutenant-Governor Franklin and his remarkable wife knew it, and dramatized the conflict with the Colonial Secretary, Montagu, a contest of wills that led to the recall of Franklin to Britain."[4]

The Franklins of Hobart Town

The play was adapted for radio in 1952[5] as The Franklins of Hobart Town.[4]

According to ABC Weekly "the Franklins had faced the dangers and privations of exploration; now that Sir John was Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania his enemy was petty malice and intrigue. The Colonial Secretary, Mr. Montagu, was his most dangerous enemy, and in this play Catherine Shepherd tells of his struggle to humble the Franklins."[5]

The radio play was performed again in 1953.[6]

References
  1. "TASMANIAN PLAY TO BE FEATURED". The Advocate (Australia). Tasmania, Australia. 11 September 1951. p. 2. Retrieved 12 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. Gillian Winter, 'Shepherd, Catherine (1901–1976)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/shepherd-catherine-11677/text20867, published first in hardcopy 2002, accessed online 12 October 2023.
  3. ""JANE, MY LOVE" APPLAUDED". The Mercury. Vol. CLXX, no. 25, 198. Tasmania, Australia. 24 September 1951. p. 7. Retrieved 12 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. Rees, Leslie (1953). Towards an Australian Drama. p. 117.
  5. Australian Broadcasting Commission. (1939), "RADIO PLAYS A.B.C.", ABC weekly, Sydney: ABC (Vol. 14 No. 22 (31 May 1952)), nla.obj-1664071505, retrieved 12 October 2023 – via Trove
  6. Australian Broadcasting Commission. (20 June 1953) [1939], "A. B. C. RADIO PLAYS for NEXT WEEK", v. : ill. ; 29cm., ABC weekly, Sydney: ABC, 15 (25), nla.obj-1689398318, retrieved 12 October 2023 – via Trove
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