The One Day of the Year

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Event The One Day of the Year
Venue The Playhouse Theatre, Perth, WA
First Date November 1961
Last Date 1961
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Part of a Tour Yes
Description A university student, Hughie Cook, helps his girlfriend Jan write an article criticising Anzac Day, which upsets his ex-serviceman father, Alf. The play was inspired by an article in the University of Sydney newspaper Honi Soit criticising Anzac Day and Seymour's own observations of how ex-servicemen behaved on that day. The character of Alf was based on Seymour's brother in law.
Description Source Website
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Subjects Anzac
Australian National Identity
Family
War memorials
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
James Bailey Actor Wacka Dawson
Eileen Colocott Actor Jan Castle
Margaret Ford Actor Dot Cook
Ron Graham Actor Alf Cook
Jeffrey Hodgson Actor Hughie Cook
Elspeth Ballantyne Assistant Stage Manager
Brian Hannan Assistant Stage Manager
Anne Fraser Designer
Mal Hough Electrician
Athol Pearmine Head Mechanist
Alan Seymour Playwright
Ronald Denson Producer
Peter Batey Production Manager
John Cole Scenic Artist
Graeme Sisson Sound Operator/Engineer
John Easton Stage Manager
Doreen Webber Wardrobe Master/Mistress
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Contact / Friend Thesis by John Pratt
Programme Dennis Wolanski Library collection at UNSW Library
Event Identifier 18328
Dataset AusStage