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Feet of Clay single work   drama   - One act
Issue Details: First known date: 1928... 1928 Feet of Clay
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Young artist Phillip's obsession with the sculpture of the perfect woman he has been commissioned to create threatens to jeopardise his relationship with his fiancée Peggy. When the sculpture comes to life, Phillip is forced to evaluate his relationships with Peggy and his creation, the Woman, and his responsibility to them both. 

Notes

  • Application for copywright registration listed by Mary Isobel Davies (Betty M. Davies) of "Noorilim", Dandenong Road, Armadale, VIC on 25 June, 1928.

    Source: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/232532104/25017029

Production Details

  • 1995: Monash Performing Arts Centre, Clayton campus, Melbourne; 31 August

    • Producer: Australian Drama Project
    • World premiere performance

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

      1928 .
      Extent: [2] 30 leavesp.
      Description: Typescript (photocopy)
      Written as: Betty M. Davies
      (Manuscript) assertion
      Note/s:
      • Original in Australian Archives, ACT, CRS A133611, item 17592

      Holdings

      Held at: University of Queensland University of Queensland Library Fryer Library
      Location: The Hanger Collection of Australian Playscripts
      Local Id: H1933

      Holdings

      Held at: University of Queensland University of Queensland Library Fryer Library
      Local Id: UQFL521
      Note:

      VHS of performance

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Related Works

Feet of Clay Betty Roland , 1998 extract drama (Feet of Clay)
— Appears in: The Actor's Audition Manual 1998; (p. 242-243)
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Works about this Work

Five Plays by Women Thérèse Radic , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 179 1996; (p. 52-53)
— Review of The Gap Anna Broinowski , 1995 single work drama ; Feet of Clay Betty Roland , 1928 single work drama ; The Lighthouse Keeper's Wife Mary E. Wilkinson , 1922 single work drama ; Delphiniums Catherine Shepherd , 1943 single work drama ; Playing the Past : Three Plays by Australian Women Catherine Shepherd , Mary E. Wilkinson , Betty Roland , 1995 selected work drama ; The History of Water Noëlle Janaczewska , 1995 single work drama
Repertory Theatre in Australia : Introduction to Playing the Past : Three Plays by Australian Women Kerry Kilner , 1995 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: Playing the Past : Three Plays by Australian Women 1995; (p. v-xvii)
Five Plays by Women Thérèse Radic , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 179 1996; (p. 52-53)
— Review of The Gap Anna Broinowski , 1995 single work drama ; Feet of Clay Betty Roland , 1928 single work drama ; The Lighthouse Keeper's Wife Mary E. Wilkinson , 1922 single work drama ; Delphiniums Catherine Shepherd , 1943 single work drama ; Playing the Past : Three Plays by Australian Women Catherine Shepherd , Mary E. Wilkinson , Betty Roland , 1995 selected work drama ; The History of Water Noëlle Janaczewska , 1995 single work drama
Repertory Theatre in Australia : Introduction to Playing the Past : Three Plays by Australian Women Kerry Kilner , 1995 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: Playing the Past : Three Plays by Australian Women 1995; (p. v-xvii)
VIEW ALL WORKS ABOUT (2)
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