The One Day of the Year

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Event The One Day of the Year
Venue Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne, VIC
First Date 26 June 1961
Opening Date 26 June 1961
Last Date 19 August 1961
Dates Estimated Yes
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description About the Cook family and their friend Wacka, a Gallipoli veteran. Alf Cook is also a returned serviceman and can only relate positively to his identity as a soldier on one day of the year - ANZAC Day. 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
Australians
Family
War
War memorials
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Bunney Brooke Actor Dot Cook
Elaine Cusick Actor Jan Castle
Dennis Miller Actor Hughie Cook
Wynn Roberts Actor Alf Cook
Stewart Weller Actor Wacka Dawson
Ron Finney Assistant Stage Manager
John Sumner Director
Len Fisher Electrician
Alan Seymour Playwright
Bryan Edward Production Manager
Anne Fraser Set Designer
Marion Edward Stage Manager
Resources
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Australian Drama Project (UQ) Key ONEDAYOAS
Marking Masculinity Project
Cast List MTC records
Event Identifier 77774
Dataset AusStage