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Issue Details: First known date: 1946... 1946 The Southern Cross and Other Plays
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* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:Robertson and Mullens , 1946 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Southern Cross : A Chronicle Play in Four Acts (to Katharine Susannah Prichard), Louis Esson , single work drama (p. 1-70)
The Bride of Gospel Place : A Play, in Four Acts (Affectionately Inscribed to William Moore), Louis Esson , single work drama (p. 71-142)
Mother and Son : A Play, in Three Acts, Louis Esson , single work drama

"Set in Gippsland, it deals mainly with the relationship between a young man, Harry Lind, and his possessive mother. Harry rejects the girl his mother prefers, brings home a barmaid of dubious reputation, is rejected in turn for a rival squatter, and finally killed in a riding accident."

Source: Oxford Reference.

 (p. 143-212)
Memories and Impressions, E. J. Brady , Miles Franklin , Vance Palmer , Katharine Susannah Prichard , Frank Dalby Davison , single work prose
Tributes to Louis Esson.
 (p. 215-222)
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Works about this Work

Louis Esson and Australian Drama Keith Macartney , 1947 single work criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin , Winter vol. 6 no. 2 1947; (p. 93-96,104)
Commemoration 1946 single work column
— Appears in: The Australasian Book News and Library Journal , August vol. 1 no. 2 1946; (p. 72) This very brief column reports on the P.E.N. Club of Melbourne's Louis Esson Night. Eldershaw delivered a paper on Esson's work while his widow Dr. Hilda Bull staged a reading of an unpublished play that took the form of a dialogue between Esson and Brady.
Untitled 1946 single work review
— Appears in: Talk , vol. 1 no. 5 1946; (p. 66)
— Review of The Southern Cross and Other Plays Louis Esson , 1946 selected work drama
Pioneer Playwright R. McC. , 1946 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 22 June no. 33852 1946; (p. 8)
— Review of The Southern Cross and Other Plays Louis Esson , 1946 selected work drama
Some Louis Esson Plays 1946 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 19 June vol. 67 no. 3462 1946; (p. 2)
— Review of The Southern Cross and Other Plays Louis Esson , 1946 selected work drama
The Living Drama F. W. W. Rhodes , 1946 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 7 no. 4 1946; (p. 233-235)
— Review of Mother and Son : A Play, in Three Acts Louis Esson , 1923 single work drama ; Portrait of a Gentleman : Thomas Griffiths Wainewright 1794-1847 George Farwell , 1940 single work radio play ; The Watch on the Headland M. Barnard Eldershaw , 1940 single work radio play ; Spoiled Darlings Edmund Barclay , 1940 single work radio play ; The Remittance Man Richard Lane , 1939 single work radio play ; Great Inheritance Gwen Meredith , 1945 single work radio play ; The Path of the Eagle Catherine Duncan , 1946 single work radio play ; The Bride of Gospel Place : A Play, in Four Acts (Affectionately Inscribed to William Moore) Louis Esson , 1946 single work drama ; The Southern Cross : A Chronicle Play in Four Acts (to Katharine Susannah Prichard) Louis Esson , 1946 single work drama ; The Southern Cross and Other Plays Louis Esson , 1946 selected work drama ; Conglomerate Alexander Turner , 1938 single work radio play ; Santa Claus of Christmas Creek Ernestine Hill , 1946 single work radio play
Dramatist before his Time George Farwell , 1946 single work review
— Appears in: The Australasian Book News and Library Journal , August vol. 1 no. 2 1946; (p. 53-55)
— Review of The Southern Cross and Other Plays Louis Esson , 1946 selected work drama
Some Louis Esson Plays 1946 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 19 June vol. 67 no. 3462 1946; (p. 2)
— Review of The Southern Cross and Other Plays Louis Esson , 1946 selected work drama
Pioneer Playwright R. McC. , 1946 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 22 June no. 33852 1946; (p. 8)
— Review of The Southern Cross and Other Plays Louis Esson , 1946 selected work drama
Untitled 1946 single work review
— Appears in: Talk , vol. 1 no. 5 1946; (p. 66)
— Review of The Southern Cross and Other Plays Louis Esson , 1946 selected work drama
Commemoration 1946 single work column
— Appears in: The Australasian Book News and Library Journal , August vol. 1 no. 2 1946; (p. 72) This very brief column reports on the P.E.N. Club of Melbourne's Louis Esson Night. Eldershaw delivered a paper on Esson's work while his widow Dr. Hilda Bull staged a reading of an unpublished play that took the form of a dialogue between Esson and Brady.
Louis Esson and Australian Drama Keith Macartney , 1947 single work criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin , Winter vol. 6 no. 2 1947; (p. 93-96,104)
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