The King Who Wouldn't is a 1952 Australian play by Oriel Gray. [1]
| The King Who Wouldn't | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Oriel Gray |
| Original language | English |
It was highly commended in a Journalists’ Club competition for best new Australian play of 1956 (won by The Shifting Heart). The play was also known as Royal Tour.[2]
Leslie Rees called it "well ahead of its time... a thinly veiled satire on contemporary royalty... At the time this comedy appeared unplayable, or at least it was unlikely any group would play it; it might have collected production honours had it been written a few years later in the age of permissiveness or down-with-the-Establishment."[3]
The play was given a reading at Sydney's Independent Theatre in 1965.[4]
The play also may have a connection with an early revue of Gray's, Marx of Time.[5]
References
edit- ^ Merrilee Moss, The Sacrifice of Oriel Gray (1920 - 2003): Australian Playwright, Australasian Drama Studies, Department of Arts and Critical Enquiry at La Trobe Univers, 68, April 2016, 75 - 96
- ^ "Actor playwright wins ₤250 award". The Age. 3 January 1957. p. 5.
- ^ Rees, Leslie (1987). Australian drama, 1970-1985 : a historical and critical survey. p. 313.
- ^ "Advertisement". The Sydney Morning Herald. 3 October 1965. p. 61.
- ^ Marx of Time at AustLit
Bibliography
edit- Gray, Oriel (1985). Exit Left: memoirs of a scarlet woman. Penguin.
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