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AbstractHistoryArchive Description
'Two released prisoners interrupt a feast day party given by an 1950s ex-Sydney gangster.'
Source: AusStage (http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/work/4704). (Sighted: 9/10/2013)
Adaptations
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form
y
The Slaughter of St Theresa's Day
( dir. Alan Burke
)
Australia
:
Australian Broadcasting Commission
,
1960
6502415
1960
single work
film/TV
humour
crime
An Australian adaptation of Peter Kenna's play; little can be traced about this adaptation.
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form
y
The Slaughter of St Teresa's Day
United Kingdom (UK)
:
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
,
1962
6502651
1962
single work
film/TV
crime
humour
'Oola Maguire holds a party every St. Teresa's Day. The guests are the people she has quarrelled with in the past year, and there is only one rule–firearms must be parked in the hall.'
Source: Radio Times, 29 March 1962, p.49.
Production Details
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First produced by the Trust Players at the Elizabethan Theatre, Sydney, 11 March 1959.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Ten Old Australian Plays Worthy of Another Look
2023
single work
essay
— Appears in: FilmInk , 6 March 2023; -
It's a Long Way from Home : Irish Exiles in Australian Drama
1994
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Irish-Australian Studies : Papers Delivered at the Seventh Irish-Australian Conference, July 1993 1994; (p. 111-119) -
Untitled
1986
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 9 June 1986; (p. 10)
— Review of The Slaughter of St. Teresa's Day : A Play 1959 single work drama -
Untitled
1986
single work
review
— Appears in: National Times , 13-19 June 1986; (p. 32)
— Review of The Slaughter of St. Teresa's Day : A Play 1959 single work drama -
Untitled
1986
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 6 June 1986; (p. 16)
— Review of The Slaughter of St. Teresa's Day : A Play 1959 single work drama
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Retrospect : March to Mid-May
1976
single work
review
— Appears in: Artlook , June vol. 2 no. 5 1976; (p. 23-24)
— Review of The Slaughter of St. Teresa's Day : A Play 1959 single work drama -
Assaying the New Lode : More Aussie Talk at the Elizabethan
1959
single work
review
— Appears in: Nation , 28 March 1959; (p. 17-18) A Leader of His Craft : Theatre Reviews by H. G. Kippax 2004; (p. 43-47)
— Review of The Slaughter of St. Teresa's Day : A Play 1959 single work drama -
Untitled
1959
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Quarterly , June vol. 31 no. 2 1959; (p. 121-123)
— Review of The Slaughter of St. Teresa's Day : A Play 1959 single work drama -
Untitled
1972
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 13 October 1972; (p. 8)
— Review of The Slaughter of St. Teresa's Day : A Play 1959 single work drama -
Untitled
1972
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Telegraph , 15 October 1972; (p. 30)
— Review of The Slaughter of St. Teresa's Day : A Play 1959 single work drama -
Modern Australian Drama : An Outsider's View
1961
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Quadrant , Autumn vol. 5 no. 2 1961; (p. 67-74) -
Australian Drama Since Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
1964
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin Quarterly , September vol. 23 no. 3 1964; (p. 229-242) On Native Grounds : Australian Writing from Meanjin Quarterly 1967; (p. 193-204) Contemporary Australian Drama : Perspectives Since 1955 1981; (p. 137-152) -
It's a Long Way from Home : Irish Exiles in Australian Drama
1994
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Irish-Australian Studies : Papers Delivered at the Seventh Irish-Australian Conference, July 1993 1994; (p. 111-119) -
Ten Old Australian Plays Worthy of Another Look
2023
single work
essay
— Appears in: FilmInk , 6 March 2023;
Awards
- 1959 winner General Motors Holden (GMH) National Playwrights Competition
- 1958 recipient Elizabethan Theatre Trust
Last amended 31 Jan 2017 16:33:28
Settings:
- Paddington, Kings Cross area, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,
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