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y separately published work icon William Light - The Founder single work   drama   - Three acts
Alternative title: Light - The Man; Colonel Light - The Founder; Awake My Love
Issue Details: First known date: 1936... 1936 William Light - The Founder
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      1936 .
      (Manuscript) assertion

      Holdings

      Held at: State Library of South Australia State Library of SA
      Local Id: SSL D6032
      Note:
      Contains production notes from the first season. Also held is a souvenir programme of the first season entitled 'Colonel Light - The Founder'. The programme includes an introduction by Ernestine Hill and a note from the author about the writing of the play along with the written judgements in the Centenary Play Competition.
      1947 .
      Alternative title: Awake My Love : A Romantic Drama based on the life of Colonel William Light, first Surveyor-General of South Australia
      Description: Typescript (carbon copy) in paper covers.
      (Manuscript) assertion

      Holdings

      Held at: University of Queensland University of Queensland Library Fryer Library
      Location: The Hanger Collection of Australian Playscripts
      Local Id: H0011-H0011C
      Note:
      Note: Fryer Library has several Manuscript copies, with varying sub-titles.
  • Appears in:
    form y separately published work icon Mischief in the Air : Radio and Stage Plays Max Afford , St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1974 Z334737 1974 selected work drama radio play St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1974 pg. 79-170
    Note: With title Awake My Love
    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Whitehall Productions , 1960 .
      Alternative title: Awake My Love
      Extent: 56p.
      Description: illus., music, port.
      Note/s:
      • Edited and Abridged for Drama and the School.
      • Includes song 'I saw you on a Blue Spring Day'; music by Henry Krips
      • Copy sighted at State Library of South Australia has annotations by Thelma Afford, Max Afford's wife, correcting some incorrect biographical details.
      Series: Drama and the School series - publisher
Alternative title: Light, the Man
      1995 .
      Description: Typescript.
      (Manuscript) assertion
      Note/s:

      • Director's copy.

      Holdings

      Held at: Mortlock Library of South Australiana
      Local Id: SRG 548
Subjects:
  • Adelaide, South Australia,
Settings:
  • 1830s
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