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Adapted from Seymour's play The One Day of the Year.
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The One Day of the Year
1960
(Manuscript version)x400866
Z525120
1960
single work
drama
(taught in 11 units)
'Undoubtedly one of Australia's favourite plays, the One Day of the Year explores the universal theme of father-son conflict against the background of the beery haze and the heady, nostalgic sentimentality of Anzac Day. It is a play to make us question a standard institution - Anzac Day, the sacred cow among Australian annual celebrations - but it is the likeability and genuineness of the characters that give the play its memorable qualities: Alf, the nobody who becomes a somebody on this day of days; Mum, the anchor of the family; Hughie, their son, with all the uncertainties and rebelliousness of youth; and Wacka, the Anzac, with his simple, healing wisdom.'
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Untitled
1968
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 3 February 1968; (p. 18)
— Review of The One Day of the Year : A Novel 1967 single work novel -
[Review] The One Day of the Year : A Novel
1968
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 27 January 1968; (p. 12)
— Review of The One Day of the Year : A Novel 1967 single work novel -
Untitled
1968
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 27 January 1968; (p. 10)
— Review of The One Day of the Year : A Novel 1967 single work novel -
Untitled
1968
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February vol. 7 no. 4 1968; (p. 69)
— Review of The One Day of the Year : A Novel 1967 single work novel -
Seymour's Saga of Anzac Day Expanded
1968
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Australian , 27 January 1968; (p. 12)
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Untitled
1967
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 23 December 1967; (p. 22)
— Review of The One Day of the Year : A Novel 1967 single work novel -
More, Yet Less
1967
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 23 December vol. 89 no. 4581 1967; (p. 51)
— Review of The One Day of the Year : A Novel 1967 single work novel -
Untitled
1968
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February vol. 7 no. 4 1968; (p. 69)
— Review of The One Day of the Year : A Novel 1967 single work novel -
Untitled
1968
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 27 January 1968; (p. 10)
— Review of The One Day of the Year : A Novel 1967 single work novel -
[Review] The One Day of the Year : A Novel
1968
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 27 January 1968; (p. 12)
— Review of The One Day of the Year : A Novel 1967 single work novel -
Seymour's Saga of Anzac Day Expanded
1968
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Australian , 27 January 1968; (p. 12)
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Settings:
- Sydney, New South Wales,
- 1950s
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