Tether a Dragon
| Tether a Dragon | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Kylie Tennant |
| Characters | Alfred Deakin Sir William Lyne Lord Hopetoun David Syme Duke of Devonshire |
| Original language | English |
| Subject | Australian history |
| Setting | Melbourne |
Tether a Dragon is a 1951 Australian play by Kylie Tennant about Alfred Deakin and his battle with William Lyne.
It won first prize in the 1951 Commonwealth Jubilee Play Competition.[1][2] The play was adapted for radio on the ABC in 1952.[3]
It was published in 1952.[4] A reviewer from the Argus said "With the touch expected of a writer of her stature, Miss Tennant has not made her play a study of the one man and- left the other characters to wallow in obscurity... This play genuinely moved me as I read it. It would be better still to see it competently performed, as, it is to be hoped, it soon will be."[5] The radio play version was repeated in 1953.[6]
Leslie Rees aargued:
Perhaps by intention, the play was effective rather as a series of fresh, rather airy pastel sketches than as a fully-shaped portrait in mature colours. But it hardly avoided the pitfalls of submerging Deakin the man in a mass of complicated politics, even if these were not taken too solemnly. Adapted to radio form, the play made stimulating and pointed listening for those interested in the problem: Is it inevitable that political leadership shall destroy the leader by the very tumult and pressure of the task?[7]
References
- ^ "Prize play on Deakin". The Courier-mail. No. 4665. Queensland, Australia. 9 November 1951. p. 1. Retrieved 19 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Prizes for Plays". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 35, 533. New South Wales, Australia. 9 November 1951. p. 4. Retrieved 19 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Jubilee prize play to be aired by ABC". The Sun. No. 13, 344. New South Wales, Australia. 14 November 1952. p. 12 (Late Final Edition). Retrieved 19 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "An Historical Trilogy". The Examiner (Tasmania). Vol. CXI, no. 237. Tasmania, Australia. 13 December 1952. p. 14. Retrieved 19 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "An admirable play—but what is its fate?". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 33, 167. Victoria, Australia. 20 December 1952. p. 13. Retrieved 19 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "The Week in Wireless". The Age. No. 30, 656. Victoria, Australia. 1 August 1953. p. 16. Retrieved 19 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Rees, Leslie (1953). Towards An Australian Drama. p. 125.
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