Sing for St. Ned

Sing for St. Ned is a 1951 Australian stage play by Ray Mathew about Ned Kelly.

Sing for St Ned
Written byRay Mathew
Original languageEnglish
SubjectNed Kelly
Genrehistorical comedy fantastia

The play was described as a "fantasia". It was critically acclaimed but struggled to be produced as was the case with many Australian plays of its era. Nonetheless, it is regarded as one of Mathew's key works.[1][2][3]

The play anticipated the musical satire of later Australian works such as The Legend of King O'Malley with its use of improvisation and Brechtian techniques.[4] One writer called it "partly a parody of Stewart's Ned Kelly, and includes group asides, soliloquies, and direct audience address".[5] Leslie Rees argued Matthews was "ahead of his time with" the play although he also felt it "did not quite 'jell'".[6]

References
  1. "A Bun for the Playwrights.", The bulletin., John Ryan Comic Collection (Specific issues)., Sydney, N.S.W: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald (Vol. 72 No. 3744 (14 Nov 1951)), ISSN 0007-4039, nla.obj-526419636, retrieved 7 September 2023 – via Trove
  2. "Playwrights' Advisory Board", The bulletin., John Ryan Comic Collection (Specific issues)., Sydney, N.S.W: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald (Vol. 74 No. 3805 (14 Jan 1953)), 1880, ISSN 0007-4039, nla.obj-532497033, retrieved 7 September 2023 – via Trove
  3. "Place in Australian" Plays Eunice Hanger The Australian Quarterly Vol. 34, No. 2 (Jun., 1962), pp. 67-73 Published By: Australian Institute of Policy and Science
  4. Fitzpatrick, Peter (1979). After "The doll" : Australian drama since 1955. p. 78.
  5. Carroll, Dennis (1985). Australian contemporary drama, 1909-1982 : a critical introduction. p. 107.
  6. Rees, Leslie (1987). Australian drama, 1970-1985 : a historical and critical survey. p. 317.
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