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Issue Details: First known date: 1962... 1962 Australian One-Act Plays. Book Two
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* Contents derived from the Adelaide, South Australia,:Rigby , 1962 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Lawson, Oriel Gray , single work drama

Lawson is Oriel Gray's first full-length play, and is based on the stories of Henry Lawson. These stories include 'Past Carin', 'At Dead Dingo', 'Arvie Aspinall’s Alarm Clock','‘The Man Who Forgot', 'Pretty Girl in the Army', 'Water them Geraniums' and 'Steelman’s Pupil'.

The narrative begins with Wilson, Macquarie and Lawson yarning round a campfire beside a drover’s track. Lawson is the group’s chief storyteller. As each story materialises, the fire and the figures around it fade out and a spotlight thrown on the opposite side of the stage illuminates each new set of characters.

Characters 

Act 1 Scene 1

THE BALLAD SINGER

JOE WILSON 

MACQUARIE

LAWSON 

BOBBY 

MITCHELL 

ORACLE

CONSTABLE 

SCOTTY 

THE LITTLE MAN 

SMITH 

BOSS 

SERVANT GIRL 

MRS. ASPINALL 

AGENT 

BILLY 

CHINNY

DRUNK 

MARGE 

BILL 

JIM

ACT 2 SCENE 1 

GENT 1 

GENT 2 

STEELMAN 

MARY WILSON 

DORIE SPICER 

MRS. SPICER 

FLOWER GIRL

JACK MOONLIGHT 

BOYS

THE ARMY

OFFICER 

LASSIES 

HANNAH

MATRON 

RATTY WOMAN

CAPTAIN

 (p. 7-22)
Note: Adapted from the full-length play of the same name.
The Ice-Cream Cart, Colin Ballantyne , single work drama (p. 23-34)
The Claw, John Naish , single work drama (p. 35-54)
Friday Night at the Schrammers, Laurence Collinson , single work drama (p. 55-75)
Hinemoa's Leap, John Dunmore , single work drama humour (p. 76-94)
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Works about this Work

Untitled Richard Hall , 1963 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 23 March vol. 85 no. 4336 1963; (p. 38)
— Review of Australian One-Act Plays. Book Two 1962 anthology drama
Untitled Richard Hall , 1963 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 23 March vol. 85 no. 4336 1963; (p. 38)
— Review of Australian One-Act Plays. Book Two 1962 anthology drama
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