AustLit
Latest Issues
AbstractHistoryArchive Description
A English girl marries an Australian and goes to live on his remote sheep station, where the harshness of the landscape and of the drought tests her physically and emotionally.
Further Reading
'Austn. Play for London', News [Adelaide], 3 October 1949, p.7.
'Q Theatre : "The Earth Remains"', The Times, 16 November 1949, p.2.
Adaptations
-
form
y
The Earth Remains
Sydney
:
2UW
,
1950
19701779
1950
single work
radio play
'It is a story set in the outback of N.S.W. on one of the many small stations which are dotted over the country.
'The life of the Clare family could be the life of many Australian farming families. In spite of the great dangers which they face, in the form of droughts, bushfires, and floods, they are content to remain on the land, putting back as much as they take out of it.
'Koombahla, the Clares’ home, is a happy and contented one until the eldest son brings home a young English wife. She is a city girl, and untrained for the hardships which await her in the country, and, although she is prepared to learn, she meets with severe opposition from her husband’s sister, a woman who has become very embittered about life.'
Source: 'Commercial Radio Plays for Next Week', ABC Weekly, 5 August 1950, p.27.
-
form
y
The Earth Remains
London
:
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
,
1951
11134415
1951
single work
radio play
An adaptation by the author of his stage play of the same name.
Notes
-
Set designer Don Finlay was also an expatriate Australian.
Production Details
-
Produced by Doris Fitton for the Q Theatre, Richmond, in November 1949.
Set Designer: Don Finlay.
Cast: including Bill Gates, Meg Maxwell, Joan Sanderson, Dandy Nichols, and Daphne Lawrence.
