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Courier-Mail, 13 July 1940, p.10
y separately published work icon Wives Have Their Uses : A Comedy in Three Acts single work   drama   - Three acts
First known date: 1938 Issue Details: First known date: 1938... 1938 Wives Have Their Uses : A Comedy in Three Acts
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Production Details

  • 1938

    First presented by the Theatre Group of the Chelsea Club, St James' Hall, Sydney, 23 November 1938 and produced by Gwen Meredith and R. H.Greville..

    1940

    Produced at the Brisbane Arts Theatre, July 1940.

    Cast: Grace Trundle (Catherine Bond); Marie Lacey (Mary Hinton); Mavis Leggett (The Hon. Cecily Weston); Matt. Miller (Horace, Golf Club Steward); Jean Munro (Patricia Arnold); Stewart Shelton (Charles Arnold); Jean Trundle (Binnie Barry); Dave Devaney (James Hall [Binnie's brother]); Mavis Butler (Gloria); Vic Hardgraves (John Hinton [Mary's Husband]); Molly Murphy, Coralie Nowlan, Enid Magill, and Colin Luckman (Golfers).

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

      ca. 1938 .
      Extent: 63 leavesp.
      Description: Typescript (photocopy).
      (Manuscript) assertion
      Note/s:
      • Ms. has stage directions.

      Holdings

      Held at: University of Queensland University of Queensland Library Fryer Library
      Location: Hanger
      Local Id: H1145
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Works about this Work

The Drama in Australia: A Crop of New Young Writers Leslie Rees , 1939 single work column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 22 July vol. 55 no. 16553 1939; (p. 5)
The Drama in Australia: A Crop of New Young Writers Leslie Rees , 1939 single work column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 22 July vol. 55 no. 16553 1939; (p. 5)
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