AustLit

'Thirty-five year old Susan lives with her grandmother who has brought her up. The grandmother picks on her about the man down the road to whom Susan was engaged ten years ago but who broke it off. The grandmother reveals how she was responsible for the rift and carries additional guilt which she is anxious her granddaughter should avoid.' (Source: Helen Haenke Plays Table - Fryer Library, University of Queensland)

'People in the waiting room in Heaven before they 'go on'. In particular, they are keen to see the papers with the memorial tributes from those they left behind. Mr McConachie has never had a notice in five (earth) years and others conspire to arrange one for him.' (Source: Helen Haenke Plays Table - Fryer Library, University of Queensland)

Cob Creek, a small town on the Cunningham Highway is suffering drought conditions and faces a rising threat of bush-fires. Evan Percy's niece, Margaret, comes to stay, and a romance sparks between her and Lindsay, the son of Lester and Frances Farraway. Eventually, Miss Olive, a sharp-tongued, uncommunicative woman, is revealed to be a doctor and leaves her small shack to live with Evan. Upon hearing of Dr Olive's improved social-standing, Frances relents in opposing Lindsay and Margaret's relationship. In the end, Dr Olive catches the culprits who burned down the bake-house and local grocery store.

'The story involves tensions which arise during an extended family weekend.' (Source: The Fryer Library's Helen Haenke Prose Collection table).