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
Written byDouglas Stewart
Based onradio play Ned Kelly
by Douglas Stewart
Date premieredOctober 14, 1942 (1942-10-14)
Place premieredSydney University Drama Society
Original languageEnglish
SubjectNed Kelly
Genreverse 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
  1. 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
  2. "AMUSEMENTS". The Age. No. 27, 909. Victoria, Australia. 2 October 1944. p. 5. Retrieved 22 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "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.
  4. "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.
  5. "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.
  6. "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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