Ned Kelly (stage play)
Ned Kelly is a 1942 Australian stage play by Douglas Stewart based on his radio play of the same name.
Ned Kelly | |
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Written by | Douglas Stewart |
Based on | radio play Ned Kelly by Douglas Stewart |
Date premiered | October 14, 1942 |
Place premiered | Sydney University Drama Society |
Original language | English |
Subject | Ned Kelly |
Genre | verse drama |
It was originally written for stage then adapted into radio but was broadcast on radio first.[1]
It was first presented by the Sydney University Dramatic Society, 14 October 1942.
It was performed in Melbourne in 1944 with costumes devised by Norman Lindsay.[2] One review called it " an event of first importance in the history of the Australian drama." [3]
There was an amateur proudction in Sydney in 1947.[4]
The stage version was professionally produced by the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust in 1956 with Leo McKern.[5] This production was notably unsuccessful financially and critically.
The play was published in book form in 1943.[6]
References
- Australasian Radio Relay League., "VERSE PLAY IS STUDY OF NED KELLY", The wireless weekly : the hundred per cent Australian radio journal, Sydney: Wireless Press (Vol. 37 No. 24 (June 20, 1942)), nla.obj-726271728, retrieved 22 October 2023 – via Trove
- "AMUSEMENTS". The Age. No. 27, 909. Victoria, Australia. 2 October 1944. p. 5. Retrieved 22 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- "Douglas Stewart's "Ned Kelly"". The Advocate. Vol. LXXVII, no. 4753. Melbourne. 4 October 1944. p. 20. Retrieved 22 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- "Theatre's Brave Presentation Of "Ned Kelly"". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 34, 085. New South Wales, Australia. 21 March 1947. p. 10. Retrieved 22 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- "Home to play a wild colonial boy". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 24, no. [?]. 19 September 1956. p. 26. Retrieved 22 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- "KELLY IN A POET'S HANDS". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 32, 833. New South Wales, Australia. 20 March 1943. p. 6. Retrieved 22 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
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