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Work	Awake My Love
Alternate Work Name	Colonel William Light, the Founder
Country of Origin	Australia
Creator Contributors	Max Afford
Events	Date Contributor Organisation Venue
	Awake My Love, ABC Radio, Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 29 November 1947 Awake My Love, Independent Theatre (1939-1977), North Sydney, NSW, 4 September 1947 Colonel Light - The Founder, Tivoli Theatre (1930-1962), Adelaide, SA, 7 November 1936
	Adelaide Repertory Theatre Incorporated Colonel Light - The Founder, Tivoli Theatre (1930-1962), Adelaide, SA, 7 November 1936 Australian Broadcasting Commission, Sydney Awake My Love, ABC Radio, Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 29 November 1947 The Independent Theatre Awake My Love, Independent Theatre (1939-1977), North Sydney, NSW, 4 September 1947
	Max Afford - Playwright Awake My Love, ABC Radio, Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 29 November 1947 Awake My Love, Independent Theatre (1939-1977), North Sydney, NSW, 4 September 1947 Colonel Light - The Founder, Tivoli Theatre (1930-1962), Adelaide, SA, 7 November 1936 Paul O'Loughlin - Actor, Producer Awake My Love, ABC Radio, Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 29 November 1947 Awake My Love, Independent Theatre (1939-1977), North Sydney, NSW, 4 September 1947 Thelma Afford - Designer Awake My Love, Independent Theatre (1939-1977), North Sydney, NSW, 4 September 1947 Max Basford - Actor Colonel Light - The Founder, Tivoli Theatre (1930-1962), Adelaide, SA, 7 November 1936 Arthur Bateup - Actor Colonel Light - The Founder, Tivoli Theatre (1930-1962), Adelaide, SA, 7 November 1936 Kevin Brennan - Actor Awake My Love, Independent Theatre (1939-1977), North Sydney, NSW, 4 September 1947 Pamela Bromley-Smith - Actor Awake My Love, Independent Theatre (1939-1977), North Sydney, NSW, 4 September 1947 Max Caddy - Actor Colonel Light - The Founder, Tivoli Theatre (1930-1962), Adelaide, SA, 7 November 1936 Elizabeth Campbell - Actor Colonel Light - The Founder, Tivoli Theatre (1930-1962), Adelaide, SA, 7 November 1936 Muriel Craigie - Actor Colonel Light - The Founder, Tivoli Theatre (1930-1962), Adelaide, SA, 7 November 1936 David Dawson - Actor Colonel Light - The Founder, Tivoli Theatre (1930-1962), Adelaide, SA, 7 November 1936 Betty Diamond - Actor Colonel Light - The Founder, Tivoli Theatre (1930-1962), Adelaide, SA, 7 November 1936 Doris Fitton - Producer Awake My Love, Independent Theatre (1939-1977), North Sydney, NSW, 4 September 1947 Ronald Frazer - Actor Awake My Love, Independent Theatre (1939-1977), North Sydney, NSW, 4 September 1947 Jack Ham - Actor Colonel Light - The Founder, Tivoli Theatre (1930-1962), Adelaide, SA, 7 November 1936 Iris Hart - Actor Colonel Light - The Founder, Tivoli Theatre (1930-1962), Adelaide, SA, 7 November 1936 Jack Havey - Actor Colonel Light - The Founder, Tivoli Theatre (1930-1962), Adelaide, SA, 7 November 1936 Kevin Healy - Actor Awake My Love, Independent Theatre (1939-1977), North Sydney, NSW, 4 September 1947 Cedric Hele - Actor Colonel Light - The Founder, Tivoli Theatre (1930-1962), Adelaide, SA, 7 November 1936 Edna Heysen - Actor Colonel Light - The Founder, Tivoli Theatre (1930-1962), Adelaide, SA, 7 November 1936 Frank Johnston - Actor, Producer Colonel Light - The Founder, Tivoli Theatre (1930-1962), Adelaide, SA, 7 November 1936 Beryl Kook - Actor Colonel Light - The Founder, Tivoli Theatre (1930-1962), Adelaide, SA, 7 November 1936 Llandaff Matthews - Actor Colonel Light - The Founder, Tivoli Theatre (1930-1962), Adelaide, SA, 7 November 1936 Diana Perryman - Actor Awake My Love, Independent Theatre (1939-1977), North Sydney, NSW, 4 September 1947 Thelma Seaman - Actor Colonel Light - The Founder, Tivoli Theatre (1930-1962), Adelaide, SA, 7 November 1936 Mostyn Skinner - Actor Colonel Light - The Founder, Tivoli Theatre (1930-1962), Adelaide, SA, 7 November 1936 June Sterne - Composer Colonel Light - The Founder, Tivoli Theatre (1930-1962), Adelaide, SA, 7 November 1936 Charles Tasman - Actor Awake My Love, Independent Theatre (1939-1977), North Sydney, NSW, 4 September 1947 Eugene Thomas - Stage Director Colonel Light - The Founder, Tivoli Theatre (1930-1962), Adelaide, SA, 7 November 1936 Thelma Thomas - Costume Designer Colonel Light - The Founder, Tivoli Theatre (1930-1962), Adelaide, SA, 7 November 1936
	Tivoli Theatre (1930-1962), Adelaide, SA Colonel Light - The Founder, 7 November 1936 ABC Radio, Sydney, Sydney, NSW Awake My Love, 29 November 1947 Independent Theatre (1939-1977), North Sydney, NSW Awake My Love, 4 September 1947
Resources	Anthology: Max Afford, Mischief in the Air: Radio and Stage Plays, University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, Qld., 1974, 79-170 Richard Lane, Awake My Love, Companion To Theatre In Australia, 1995, 76 Play in three acts by Max Afford. premiere 4 September 1947, Independent Theatre, Sydney. Cast: Paul O'Loughlin, Kevin Brennan. Designer: Thelma Afford. Director: Doris Fitton. published Brisbane: University of Queensland Press 1974. With this play, originally titled Colonel Light-The Founder, Max Afford won the Adelaide Advertiser newspaper's first prize for a play to celebrate South Australia's centenary in 1936. He rewrote it as Awake My Love, incorporating love interest into a historical drama based on the life of Colonel William Light, the first Surveyor-General of South Australia. The play is set in the years 1837-39 and deals mainly with the conflict between Light and autocratic Governor Hindmarsh over the site of the city of Adelaide. The playwright's wife, Thelma Afford designed the decor and costumes. Article: Richard Lane, Awake My Love, Companion To Theatre In Australia, 1995, 76 Manuscript: Max Afford, Awake My Love: A Romantic Drama Based on the Life of Colonel William Light, First Surveyor-General of South Australia, The University of Queensland, Fryer Library, 27 pp.
Data Set	AusStage
Work Identifier	1074

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