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Issue Details: First known date: 1950... 1950 Four Short Plays
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 1950-1999 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Strained Relations : A Modern Comedy in One Act, D. L. Waraker , single work drama

'Characters:

'GEORGE HAMILTON A Middle-aged Man

'ALICE ... His Wife

'LENORE ... Their Daughter

'BERENIS ... Alice's Sister

'KENNETH ...Their Brother

'JOAN ... His Wife

'MARY ... A Maid

'Scene : The lounge in the home of George and Alice. The time is the present, and about four o'clock on an afternoon in summer.'

Source:

Australian Women's Weekly, 10 March 1934, p.7.

 (p. 1-10)
The Big Things, D. L. Waraker , single work drama

Characters:

Suzanne Richards: a pretty woman of thirty.

Harvey Lawton: her friend.

Nova Richards: her step-daughter.

Alec. Richards: Suzanne's husband.

Mary: a maid.

The play takes place in the living room of the Richards' station homestead, around four o'clock on a summer afternoon.

 (p. 11-20)
Madam Will Wait : A Comedy in One Act, D. L. Waraker , single work drama humour

The play takes place in the waiting room of a fashionable beauty salon.

 (p. 21-27)
Need : A Play, D. L. Waraker , single work drama (p. 29-36)
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