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Lost Generation single work   drama  
Adaptation of Lost Generation Lynn Foster , 1945 single work radio play
Issue Details: First known date: 1948... 1948 Lost Generation
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Described in contemporary newspapers as 'the story of a Digger killed in New Guinea returning in spirit to trace his life through world conditions after the 1914-1918 war to the present day'.

Source:

'Light-Shade at Minerva', Truth, 1 February 1948, p.30.

Notes

  • Lost Generation was reported as being the first Australian play performed at the Minerva.

Production Details

  • Produced by the Minerva Theatre for their 1948 season, alongside George Bernard Shaw's Village Wooing and Noel Coward's Fumed Oak: Whitehall Productions, which ran the Minerva, described the season as 'Light and Shade'.

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First known date: 1948
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