Had We But World Enough

Had We But World Enough is a 1950 Australian play by Oriel Gray.

The play made its debut in 1950 at the New Theatre.^[1]^[2]

Plot

A school teacher casts an aboriginal girl as the Virgin Mary in a play.

The Age called it "well worth seeing."^[3]

The Adelaide News liked the first half.^[4]

The play is now commonly regarded as being ahead of its time in its treatment of race relations in Australia. It was published in 2018.^[5]

^ "New Theatre, Sydney". The Maritime Worker. Vol. XI, no. 18. Victoria, Australia. 24 December 1949. p. 2. Retrieved 2 July 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Forced Labor For Chained Natives". Tribune. No. 581. New South Wales, Australia. 21 December 1949. p. 7. Retrieved 2 July 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Australian Play Worth Seeing". The Age. No. 29, 646. Victoria, Australia. 4 May 1950. p. 4. Retrieved 2 July 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "First half of Australian play is fine". The News. Vol. 61, no. 9, 347. Adelaide. 25 July 1953. p. 10. Retrieved 2 July 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
^ Had We But World Enough at Playlab

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