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Adaptations
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Two Minutes' Silence
( dir. Paulette McDonagh
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Sydney
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McDonagh Productions
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1933
6113416
1933
single work
film/TV
war literature
On Armistic Day, four people gather in General Gresham's living room for the two minutes' silence. As the two minutes pass, each of the four remember their own experiences of World War I.
General Gresham recalls making a blunder that cost his men their lives.
His grandchildren's French governess, Marie, remembers her lover Pierre's rejection of her, when he returned from the war to find that she had had a child, after being raped by a German officer.
His charwoman, Mrs Trott, thinks of when she heard that her son had been killed in action.
His butler James remembers his years of homelessness on the Thames embankment, during which period he witness the suicide of an ex-soldier.
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DRAMA BIB Notes: First produced as a play at the Community Playhouse, Sydney, 15 July 1930. This is a published screen play illustrated with stills from the film production by the McDonagh sisters, Paulette, Isabel and Phyllis, in 1933.
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Australian War Drama: 1909 to 1939
1989
Z362683
1989
single work
thesis
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New War Play : Two Minutes' Silence : Community Playhouse
1930
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 16 July no. 28870 1930; (p. 18)
— Review of Two Minutes' Silence : A Play 1933 single work drama -
Play Competition
1930
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 5 April no. 28783 1930; (p. 10)
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New War Play : Two Minutes' Silence : Community Playhouse
1930
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 16 July no. 28870 1930; (p. 18)
— Review of Two Minutes' Silence : A Play 1933 single work drama -
Play Competition
1930
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 5 April no. 28783 1930; (p. 10) -
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Australian War Drama: 1909 to 1939
1989
Z362683
1989
single work
thesis
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