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Issue Details: First known date: 1955... 1955 First Performance : A One Act Play
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'A chaotic afternoon before the first performance of Harriet's new play by the local Drama Group that evening. Crisis after crisis between the cast of 8.' (Source: Adapted from Helen Haenke Plays Table - Fryer Library, University of Queensland)

Notes

  • Characters

    Mrs Harriet Brown: 40ish.

    Gran: Harriet's mother. Both feet out of the grave.

    Auntie: a little younger than Gran.

    Helen: Harriet's eldest daughter, a university student, about 19.

    Anna: Helen's friend, a university student, about 19.

    Lynn: Harriet's second daughter, a school girl, 16.

    Pam: Harriet's third daughter, a school girl, 14.

    Mr Bill Brown: late 40s.

    Scene

    The Browns' sitting room. Late afternoon in winter.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

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    y separately published work icon Helen Haenke Collection Helen Haenke , 1955-1989 14265233 1955 archive

    The University of Queensland's Fryer Library holds a substantial collection of Helen Haenke's literary works. The collection includes plays, short stories, novels, poems, and prose, all in manuscript form. Several of these works were published, but only the manuscript and electronic text versions are included in the collection. 

         1955-1989
      1955-1989 .
      Extent: 15l.p.
      Description: Typescript (carbon copy).
      (Manuscript) assertion
      Note/s:

      • The Helen Haenke Collection at the University of Queensland's Fryer Library holds one copy of 'First Performance'. The script has been typed with a typewriter onto white, but browning paper. The first page of the manuscript includes the character list and setting description. There is also a hand drawn, bird's eye view sketch of the stage. The author's name has been hand written in black ink underneath the title of the play. The title of the play has been typed onto a small piece of paper that is glued to the front page of the manuscript.

      Holdings

      Held at: University of Queensland University of Queensland Library Fryer Library
      Local Id: H0705
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