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Described as a 'comedietta' by its author, the action of this playlet takes place in a city tea room just after closing time.
According to a local newspaper, it 'dealt with the outwitting of a fortune teller who had been the means of separating a cafe manager and his wife, and of their reunion after the wife had secretly overhear the conversation between the two conspirators and the defeated woman'.
Source: 'Australian Drama', Argus, 12 August 1922, p.22.
Production Details
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Presented by the Australian Literature Society at the Stratford tearoom, Bourke Street, Melbourne, 11 August 1922.
Cast: Mr H. N. Gregory (Conroy, the Cafe Manager), Amy Reding (Linda, his sister-in-law, acting as a waitress), Miss Wheeler (Loo, a housemaid), Miss A. Flight (Lorne, the manager's wife), and Miss C. Malgrem (Madame Fortuna, a fortune teller).
Presented with A Dramatic Interlude by W. Nelson as part of a 'Drama night' put on for members of the Australian Literature Society.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Personal and General
1922
single work
review
— Appears in: Corroboree : The Journal of the Australian Literature Society , August vol. 1 no. 11 1922; (p. 1)
— Review of Madame Fortuna 1922 single work drama
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Personal and General
1922
single work
review
— Appears in: Corroboree : The Journal of the Australian Literature Society , August vol. 1 no. 11 1922; (p. 1)
— Review of Madame Fortuna 1922 single work drama
