Daybreak

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Event Daybreak
Venue Theatre Royal, Hobart, TAS
First Date 30 July 1938
Last Date 2 August 1938
Dates Estimated No
Status Amateur
World Premiere Yes
Description Three-act play.
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Subjects Class Issues
Colonial
Convicts
Tasmania
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Phyl Bailey Actor Lucy Turner
Pearl Burbury Actor Mrs Carmichael
Alan Burn Actor Mrs Beam
Nancy Chapman Actor Sarah Turner
Junee Cornell Actor Jeanne Martel
Erica Gilbert Actor Laura Moss
Dulcie Haddon-Cave Actor Mrs Turner
W F Hinman Actor Ellen
Beatrice Jordan Actor Phoebe Moon
Jack Mitchell Actor Captain Blainey
Henry Moore Actor Francis Gillan
K W Nicholson Actor Captain North
James Pratt Actor Simon Martel
Noel Richard Actor Lieutentant Prideaux
Audry St Hill Actor Mrs Moss
Don Sutherland Actor Beam
Peggy Waterworth Actor Caroline Martel
Mervyn Wiss Actor Rufus Bellamy
Olive Wilton Director
Catherine Shepherd Playwright
Resources
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information Winner of the First Australian Play Competition run by The National Theatre Movement in 1938
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Book John McCallum, Belonging: Australian Playwriting in the 20th Century, Currency Press, Strawberry Hills, NSW, 2009
Australian Drama Project (UQ) DAYBREACS
Event Identifier 97569
Dataset AusStage