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Issue Details: First known date: 1970... 1970 One Character in Search of...
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'This appears to be a piece written as part of a university course — it features well-known UQ academic Arlene Sykes. Inspired by "Six Characters in Search of an Author"' (Source: Helen Haenke Plays Table - Fryer Library, University of Queensland)

A mysterious woman sits in on a university drama tutorial. She evades the students' and lecturer's questions of who she is and what she is doing there. 

Notes

  • Time

    Now

    Place

    Room 533, Michie Building, University of Queensland.

    Characters

    Students: Bev, Earl, Tom, Helen, Agnes, J. O., John.

    A woman.

    Miss Sykes: lecturer.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 1970-1978
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Helen Haenke Collection Helen Haenke , 1955-1989 14265233 1955 archive

    The University of Queensland's Fryer Library holds a substantial collection of Helen Haenke's literary works. The collection includes plays, short stories, novels, poems, and prose, all in manuscript form. Several of these works were published, but only the manuscript and electronic text versions are included in the collection. 

         1955-1989
      1970-1978 .
      Extent: 13l.p.
      (Manuscript) assertion
      Note/s:

      • The Helen Haenke Collection at the University of Queensland's Fryer Library holds one copy of 'One Character in Search Of'. The script has been typed with a typewriter onto thin white paper. On the front page in the top left corner there is a small rust mark from where a staple has been.

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