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Mother and Son : A Play, in Three Acts single work   drama   - Three acts
Issue Details: First known date: 1923... 1923 Mother and Son : A Play, in Three Acts
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"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.

Notes

  • The 1999 Five Islands Press edition has the dedication : 'For Hilda.'

Production Details

  • First produced by the Pioneer Players, St Peter's Hall, Melbourne, 7 June 1923.

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First known date: 1923
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Works about this Work

Untitled Marguerite Wells , 1980 single work review
— Appears in: Theatre Australia , vol. 4 no. 12 1980; (p. 30)
— Review of Mother and Son : A Play, in Three Acts Louis Esson , 1923 single work drama
Untitled Hope Hewitt , 1980 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 25 May 1980; (p. 16)
— Review of Mother and Son : A Play, in Three Acts Louis Esson , 1923 single 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
Some Louis Esson Plays 1946 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 19 June vol. 67 no. 3462 1946; (p. 2)
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
Untitled Hope Hewitt , 1980 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 25 May 1980; (p. 16)
— Review of Mother and Son : A Play, in Three Acts Louis Esson , 1923 single work drama
Untitled Marguerite Wells , 1980 single work review
— Appears in: Theatre Australia , vol. 4 no. 12 1980; (p. 30)
— Review of Mother and Son : A Play, in Three Acts Louis Esson , 1923 single work drama
Some Louis Esson Plays 1946 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 19 June vol. 67 no. 3462 1946; (p. 2)
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