Sky without Birds is a 1952 Australian stage play by Oriel Gray.
| Sky without Birds | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Oriel Gray |
| Date premiered | March 15, 1952[1] |
| Place premiered | New Theatre, Sydney |
| Original language | English |
| Genre | drama |
The play made its debut at the New Theatre in Sydney. It was then produced in Adelaide[2] and Brisbane.
Radio adaptation
editThe play was adapted for radio by the ABC in 1952.[3]
The play was produced again in 1957.[4]
Leslie Rees called it "a courageous tackling of a current social theme, with sensitive writing and feeling, but (in the stage version) too sluggish a movement towards a resolution. In the radio version, it played well."[5]
Premise
editAt a railway settlement on the Nullabor plain, a group of Australians is joined by an immigrant, who is Jewish. He falls in love with a married woman.
References
edit- ^ "Sky Without Birds opens Carnival Drama festival". Tribune. No. 732. New South Wales, Australia. 19 March 1952. p. 11. Retrieved 11 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Contrasting Types In Australian Play". The Advertiser (Adelaide). Vol. 95, no. 29, 305. South Australia. 13 September 1952. p. 5. Retrieved 11 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Radio Repertory — 'Sky without Birds'". The Sydney Jewish News. Vol. XIII, no. 42. New South Wales, Australia. 22 August 1952. p. 4. Retrieved 11 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Radio plays for next week", ABC Weekly, 19 (10), Sydney, 9 March 1957, retrieved 11 October 2023 – via Trove
- ^ Rees, Leslie (1953). Towards An Australian Drama. p. 127.
External links
edit- Sky without Birds at Ausstage
- Sky Without Birds radio play, including complete text at AustLit (subscription required)