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'The play tells the story of the AIF in Malaya during the Muar River - Bakri Road - Parit Sulong action, 17-23 January 1942. The play is based on Grim Glory by Gilbert Mant, various newspaper accounts, and stories related personally to the writer by survivors of the action who reached Australia...' (Author's Note).
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Dedication: To the Eighth Division, A.I.F.
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Epigraph: 'The story of the battle at Bakri and Parit Sulong...' Lieut-General H. Gordon Bennett.
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Epigraph: 'The strong things of life are needed in poetry also...and it may almost be said that before verse can be human again it must be brutal.' J. M. Synge.
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Play in verse.
Production Details
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First produced for ABC Radio, Sydney, 27 May 1943. The producer was Lawrence H. Cecil and Peter Finch took the part of 'Chris'.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Epic and Romance
1946
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 7 no. 2 1946; (p. 110-111)
— Review of We're Going Through : A Radio Verse Play of the A.I.F. 1943 single work radio play -
Drama Chronicle
1945
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin Papers , Spring vol. 4 no. 3 1945; (p. 210-211) -
Play about Malaya
1945
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 25 July vol. 66 no. 3415 1945; (p. 2)
— Review of We're Going Through : A Radio Verse Play of the A.I.F. 1943 single work radio play -
Jungle Heroism
1945
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 11 August no. 33583 1945; (p. 8)
— Review of We're Going Through : A Radio Verse Play of the A.I.F. 1943 single work radio play -
The Current Literary Scene
1945
single work
review
— Appears in: Angry Penguins , no. [8] 1945; (p. 169-175)
— Review of Poets at War : An Anthology of Verse by Australian Servicemen 1944 anthology poetry ; Fourteen Minutes : Short Sketches of Australian Poets and Their Work, From Harpur to the Present Day: Based on Wireless Talks Delivered for the A.B.C. in 1942 1944 selected work criticism ; We're Going Through : A Radio Verse Play of the A.I.F. 1943 single work radio play ; Barjai 1943-1947 periodical (15 issues); Forests of Pan : A Selection of Poems Not Hitherto Reprinted from Hugh McCrae's Satyrs and Sunlight 1928 1944 selected work poetry ; As Iron Hills : Poems 1944 selected work poetry ; Fallen Petals 1944 selected work poetry ; Southerly vol. 5 no. 4 1944 periodical issue ; I Hear the Tramp of Millions 1945 selected work poetry
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The Current Literary Scene
1945
single work
review
— Appears in: Angry Penguins , no. [8] 1945; (p. 169-175)
— Review of Poets at War : An Anthology of Verse by Australian Servicemen 1944 anthology poetry ; Fourteen Minutes : Short Sketches of Australian Poets and Their Work, From Harpur to the Present Day: Based on Wireless Talks Delivered for the A.B.C. in 1942 1944 selected work criticism ; We're Going Through : A Radio Verse Play of the A.I.F. 1943 single work radio play ; Barjai 1943-1947 periodical (15 issues); Forests of Pan : A Selection of Poems Not Hitherto Reprinted from Hugh McCrae's Satyrs and Sunlight 1928 1944 selected work poetry ; As Iron Hills : Poems 1944 selected work poetry ; Fallen Petals 1944 selected work poetry ; Southerly vol. 5 no. 4 1944 periodical issue ; I Hear the Tramp of Millions 1945 selected work poetry -
Jungle Heroism
1945
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 11 August no. 33583 1945; (p. 8)
— Review of We're Going Through : A Radio Verse Play of the A.I.F. 1943 single work radio play -
Play about Malaya
1945
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 25 July vol. 66 no. 3415 1945; (p. 2)
— Review of We're Going Through : A Radio Verse Play of the A.I.F. 1943 single work radio play -
Epic and Romance
1946
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 7 no. 2 1946; (p. 110-111)
— Review of We're Going Through : A Radio Verse Play of the A.I.F. 1943 single work radio play -
Drama Chronicle
1945
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin Papers , Spring vol. 4 no. 3 1945; (p. 210-211)
Last amended 28 Jan 2016 13:55:49
Subjects:
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cMalaysia,cSoutheast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
Settings:
- 1940s
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