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Dampier's Ghost
Written byHenrietta Drake-Brockman
Directed byGerald Ruse
Date premieredNovember 1933
Place premieredRepertory Club, Perth
Original languageEnglish
Genrecomedy
SettingA northwest Australian pearling port

Dampier's Ghost is an Australian stage play by Henrietta Drake-Brockman.[1]

It was performed in Perth in November 1933[2] and in Sydney in 1939[3] as well as other amateur productions.[4]

The West Australian said "the comedy was well-developed and is played effectively. Its humour was fresh and had a real Australian tang about it."[5] The Australian Woman's Weekly said "Dialogue is excellent, and the curtain a good one."[6]

The play was published in a 1937 collection of Australian one act plays and in a collection of Drake-Brockman's writings.[7]

Premise

A bishop finds himself robbed of two pearls.

References

  1. ^ Peter Cowan, 'Drake-Brockman, Geoffrey (1885–1977)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/drake-brockman-geoffrey-10047/text17719, published first in hardcopy 1996, accessed online 8 September 2023.
  2. ^ "The Amateur Stage". The Daily News. Vol. LIII, no. 18, 293. Western Australia. 31 October 1933. p. 8 (Late City). Retrieved 8 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "One-Act Plays". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 31, 620. New South Wales, Australia. 5 May 1939. p. 16. Retrieved 8 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Amateur Theatre Launched". Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay And Burnett Advertiser. No. 21, 378. Queensland, Australia. 18 May 1940. p. 9. Retrieved 8 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "Perth Playwrights". The West Australian. Vol. XLIX, no. 9, 780. Western Australia. 2 November 1933. p. 14. Retrieved 8 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "Books". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 5, no. 15. Australia, Australia. 18 September 1937. p. 30. Retrieved 8 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "Our Young Dramatists". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 28, 405. Victoria, Australia. 4 September 1937. p. 29 (Week-End Magazine). Retrieved 8 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
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