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Dead Timber single work   drama   - One act
Issue Details: First known date: 1911... 1911 Dead Timber
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Notes

  • The 1999 Five Islands Press edition has the dedication : 'To John Ford Paterson.'

Production Details

  • First performed by the Melbourne Repertory Theatre at St. Patrick's Hall, Bourke St, Melbourne on 13 and 14 December 1911. Season directed by Gregan McMahon.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

"Something with a Cow in It" : Louis Esson's Imported Nationalism John McCallum , 1986 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Drama 1920-1955 : Papers Presented to a Conference at the University of New England, Armidale, September 1-4, 1984 1986; (p. 39-52) Overland , September no. 108 1987; (p. 6-13)
McCallum argues that Esson's attempts to translate the folk dramas of Ireland to an Australian context failed because of the absence of a similar folk background.
A Reader's Notebook Nettie Palmer , 1934 single work review
— Appears in: All About Books , 3 December vol. 6 no. 12 1934; (p. 241)

— Review of One Hundred Years : The Romance of the Victorian People Roy Bridges , 1934 single work prose
Australian One Act Plays 1930 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Brisbane Courier , 11 January no. 22451 1930; (p. 12)
[Untitled] [The Bulletin, 18 April 1928] 1928 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 18 April vol. 49 no. 2514 1928; (p. 18)
Australian Drama 1921 single work column
— Appears in: Corroboree : The Journal of the Australian Literature Society , 1 October vol. 1 no. 1 1921; (p. 5-6)
Australian Drama 1921 single work column
— Appears in: Corroboree : The Journal of the Australian Literature Society , 1 October vol. 1 no. 1 1921; (p. 5-6)
A Reader's Notebook Nettie Palmer , 1934 single work review
— Appears in: All About Books , 3 December vol. 6 no. 12 1934; (p. 241)

— Review of One Hundred Years : The Romance of the Victorian People Roy Bridges , 1934 single work prose
Australian One Act Plays 1930 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Brisbane Courier , 11 January no. 22451 1930; (p. 12)
[Untitled] [The Bulletin, 18 April 1928] 1928 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 18 April vol. 49 no. 2514 1928; (p. 18)
"Something with a Cow in It" : Louis Esson's Imported Nationalism John McCallum , 1986 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Drama 1920-1955 : Papers Presented to a Conference at the University of New England, Armidale, September 1-4, 1984 1986; (p. 39-52) Overland , September no. 108 1987; (p. 6-13)
McCallum argues that Esson's attempts to translate the folk dramas of Ireland to an Australian context failed because of the absence of a similar folk background.
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