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y separately published work icon Red Sky at Morning : A Play in Three Acts single work   drama   - Three acts
First known date: 1935 Issue Details: First known date: 1935... 1935 Red Sky at Morning : A Play in Three Acts
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Adaptations

form y separately published work icon Red Sky at Morning Dymphna Cusack , Australia : ABC Radio National , 1938 8049334 1938 single work radio play historical fiction
form y separately published work icon Red Sky at Morning Escape at Dawn Hartney J. Arthur , ( dir. Hartney J. Arthur ) 7339114 1944 single work film/TV

Set in the winter of 1812, Alicia Farley flees from her sadistic husband, Captain Farley. After being forced to seek shelter in a Parramatta inn Alicia attracts the attention of an Irish rebel, Michael. Her husband soon arrives, but before he can take her home she manages to escape with Michael's help.

Production Details

  • First produced at the Sydney Player's Club, 21 September 1935.

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Works about this Work

Dymphna Cusack's Plays Helen Thomson , 1998 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , April no. 32 1998; (p. 63-76)
Today on the British Stage 1943 single work review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 20 February 1943; (p. 94)
— Review of Red Sky at Morning : A Play in Three Acts Dymphna Cusack , 1935 single work drama
Four Plays by Australians Joan Morgan , 1942 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Quarterly , vol. 14 no. 4 1942; (p. 110-111)
— Review of Red Sky at Morning : A Play in Three Acts Dymphna Cusack , 1935 single work drama ; Daybreak : A Play in Three Acts Catherine Shepherd , 1938 single work drama ; Interval : A Play in Three Acts Sumner Locke Elliott , 1942 single work drama ; The Touch of Silk Betty M. Davies , 1928 single work drama
Six Plays 1942 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 23 September vol. 63 no. 3267 1942; (p. 2)
— Review of Red Sky at Morning : A Play in Three Acts Dymphna Cusack , 1935 single work drama
Australian Plays 1942 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 3 October no. 32689 1942; (p. 6)
— Review of Red Sky at Morning : A Play in Three Acts Dymphna Cusack , 1935 single work drama ; Interval : A Play in Three Acts Sumner Locke Elliott , 1942 single work drama ; The Touch of Silk Betty M. Davies , 1928 single work drama ; Daybreak : A Play in Three Acts Catherine Shepherd , 1938 single work drama
Six Plays 1942 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 23 September vol. 63 no. 3267 1942; (p. 2)
— Review of Red Sky at Morning : A Play in Three Acts Dymphna Cusack , 1935 single work drama
Four Plays by Australians Joan Morgan , 1942 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Quarterly , vol. 14 no. 4 1942; (p. 110-111)
— Review of Red Sky at Morning : A Play in Three Acts Dymphna Cusack , 1935 single work drama ; Daybreak : A Play in Three Acts Catherine Shepherd , 1938 single work drama ; Interval : A Play in Three Acts Sumner Locke Elliott , 1942 single work drama ; The Touch of Silk Betty M. Davies , 1928 single work drama
Today on the British Stage 1943 single work review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 20 February 1943; (p. 94)
— Review of Red Sky at Morning : A Play in Three Acts Dymphna Cusack , 1935 single work drama
Australian Plays 1942 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 3 October no. 32689 1942; (p. 6)
— Review of Red Sky at Morning : A Play in Three Acts Dymphna Cusack , 1935 single work drama ; Interval : A Play in Three Acts Sumner Locke Elliott , 1942 single work drama ; The Touch of Silk Betty M. Davies , 1928 single work drama ; Daybreak : A Play in Three Acts Catherine Shepherd , 1938 single work drama
Dymphna Cusack's Plays Helen Thomson , 1998 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , April no. 32 1998; (p. 63-76)
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Subjects:
  • Parramatta, Parramatta area, Sydney, New South Wales,
Settings:
  • 1810s
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