Mrs. Pretty and the Premier

Mrs Pretty and the Premier was a 1914 Australian play by Arthur Adams.[1]

Mrs Pretty and the Premier
Written byArthur Henry Adams
Date premieredSeptember 26, 1914 (1914-09-26)
Place premieredAthenaeum Hall, Melbourne
Original languageEnglish
Genrepolitical comedy
SettingThe premier's office

The play was published in 1914 before its initial production.[2]

The play was produced in the West End in London in 1915, when that was extremely rare for Australian plays.[3]

Leslie Rees said "Despite such faults, this is a saucy and spry play that one could enjoy seeing on a stage today, especially when making the most of the charm of Edwardian dress and atmosphere. It is quite the best of Adams's efforts for the theatre, the equal of light comedies of the day produced in the major oversea centres, though unhappily lacking that final touch of style which results from a writer’s deeper belief in his own character creations and the themes that they exemplify."[4]

Premise

The Premier's first secretary is in love with the Premier, William Power.

Radio Adaptation

It was adapted for Australian radio by Edmund Barclay in 1951[5] and 1955.[6]

References
  1. B. G. Andrews and Ann-Mari Jordens, 'Adams, Arthur Henry (1872–1936)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/adams-arthur-henry-4969/text8247, published first in hardcopy 1979, accessed online 16 September 2023.
  2. "JUNE.", The bulletin., John Ryan Comic Collection (Specific issues)., Sydney, N.S.W: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald (Vol. 35 No. 1796 (16 Jul 1914)), 1880, ISSN 0007-4039, nla.obj-660552810, retrieved 16 September 2023 – via Trove
  3. ""MRS. PRETTY AND THE PREMIER."". The Maitland Daily Mercury. No. 13, 954. New South Wales, Australia. 8 December 1915. p. 6. Retrieved 16 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. Rees, Leslie (1953). Towards An Australian Drama. p. 67.
  5. Australian Broadcasting Commission. (1939), "Radio Plays for Next Week A.B.C.", ABC weekly, Sydney: ABC (Vol. 13 No. 8 (24 February 1951)), nla.obj-1441954114, retrieved 16 September 2023 – via Trove
  6. Australian Broadcasting Commission. (1939), "RADIO PLAYS for NEXT WEEK A. B. C.", ABC weekly, Sydney: ABC (Vol. 17 No. 20 (14 May 1955)), nla.obj-1700015778, retrieved 16 September 2023 – via Trove
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