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Ned Kelly (play)

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Ned Kelly is a 1942 radio play by Douglas Stewart about the outlaw Ned Kelly. It was later adapted into a stage play.

Radio Play

The play was first produced as a radio play on the ABC, 21 June 1942.

Stage Play

It became a stage play presented by the Sydney University Dramatic Society, 14 October 1942.

It was performed in Melbourne in 1944.[1]

The stage version was professionally produced by the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust in 1956 with Leo McKern.[2]

1960 TV Version

Ned Kelly
Directed byWilliam Sterling
StarringAlan Hopgood
Distributed byABC
Release date
1960
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

The play was filmed for the ABC in 1960.[3]

Cast

  • Sydney Conabere
  • Kenneth Goodlet as Ned Kelly
  • Alan Hopgood

References

  1. ^ "Douglas Stewart's "Ned Kelly"". Advocate. Vol. LXXVII, , no. 4753. Victoria, Australia. 4 October 1944. p. 20. Retrieved 22 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  2. ^ "Home to play a wild colonial boy". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 24, , no. [?]. Australia, Australia. 19 September 1956. p. 26. Retrieved 22 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  3. ^ Ned Kelly 1960 TV play at Ausstage