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Pommy
Written byW. P. Lipscomb
John Watson
Date premiered1950
Original languageEnglish
Genremelodrama
Settingrural Queensland

Pommy is a play.

Plot

An Englishman arrives in Australia and works on a station.

Production

The play was written by W. P. Lipscomb and John Watson in the late 1940s. Lipscomb was a British screenwriter who had written several screenplays set in Australia, including Bitter Springs. The two of them met in London in 1948 and decided to collaborate.[1][2]

Peter Finch was originally attached as director for its original English production[3] but eventually pulled out. The cast included Bill Kerr and Ronald Howard and the production ran for six weeks touring through England.[4] It did not come to London.

Despite the play's success in England, author John Watson said there was a reluctance from Australian theatre managements to put on the play in Australia.[5] It was eventually produced in Sydney and Melbourne in 1954.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ "Australian Play Bought In U.K." The Sunday Times. Perth: National Library of Australia. 24 July 1949. p. 3 Supplement: Sunday Times Comics. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  2. ^ "Outback For London". The Sunday Herald. Sydney: National Library of Australia. 15 January 1950. p. 6 Supplement: Features. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  3. ^ "Australian actor to produce a West End play". The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. 14 January 1950. p. 36. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  4. ^ "Australian play Pommy too raw for overseas". The Sunday Times. Perth: National Library of Australia. 2 April 1950. p. 14. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  5. ^ "Australian Plays". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 23 May 1953. p. 2. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  6. ^ "Opening Of "Pommy" At The Royal". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 11 October 1954. p. 7. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  7. ^ "OUTBACK STORY ON STAGE". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 26 November 1954. p. 7. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
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