Theatre History of 'Quiet Night' & 'The First Joanna' - Introduction

Theatre History of 'Quiet Night' & 'The First Joanna'
Kazzandra Maunder

(Status : Public)

Coordinated by Kazz Maunder

University of Queensland Student Work, 2016

This exhibition is the result of undergraduate research for the Practices of Performance course (DRAM2210) at The University of Queensland.
Introduction

This exhibition will focus on the critical and audience response to two plays by Australian playwright and author Dorothy Blewett. The first, of course, is ‘The First Joanna’ (c.1941-1947); the second play is ‘Quiet Night’ (1941). This exhibition has been written by using newspaper articles relating to these two plays.

Written by Kazzandra Maunder
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Dorothy Blewett ca. 1940s. Image provided by Blewett family.

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Dorothy Blewett was born in Northcote in 1898 and was educated at the Methodist Ladies College. She was a novelist, playwright, short story writer, and active promoter of Australian literature through her work with International PEN, as a literary agent, and as secretary of the London-based, Society of Australian Writers during the 1950s. She was also secretary of the Melbourne branch of the PEN club

Blewett worked as a teacher as a young woman, then as a secretary and stenographer for a number of large companies in Melbourne, including at the Melbourne Head Office of Thomas Cook Travel where she worked from 1947 to 1951.

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