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'''''The First Joanna''''' is a 1943 play by [[Dorothy Blewett]]. |
'''''The First Joanna''''' is a 1943 play by [[Dorothy Blewett]]. |
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==Plot== |
==Plot== |
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An English girl called Joanna marries an Australian wine-grower and moves to his family home in South Australia. She does not like it and is about to leave when she discovers the diary of the first Joanna who built the home during colonial times |
An English girl called Joanna marries an Australian wine-grower and moves to his family home in South Australia. She does not like it and is about to leave when she discovers the diary of the first Joanna who built the home during colonial times. |
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==Production History== |
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The play won a competition in 1947.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18053421 |title=Stage Play Competition |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |issue=34,312 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=11 December 1947 |accessdate=15 February 2019 |page=16 |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref> |
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The play was adapted for radio in 1948 at the ABC. The production starred English actor Jane Barrett, who was in Australia to star in ''Eureka Stockade''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article169373258 |title=Behind! The Mike |newspaper=[[Truth]] |issue=3025 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=11 January 1948 |accessdate=15 February 2019 |page=29 |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article107725126 |title=STARS OF THE AIR. FILM ACTRESS FOR A.B.C. |newspaper=[[The Muswellbrook Chronicle]] |volume=28, |issue=3 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=16 January 1948 |accessdate=15 February 2019 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref> |
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The play was performed at the Metropolitan Theatre in 1948.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18064178 |title=Family Drama In New Prize Play |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |issue=34,391 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=13 March 1948 |accessdate=15 February 2019 |page=9 |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref> |
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==1961 TV Adaptation== |
==1961 TV Adaptation== |
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Revision as of 19:15, 14 February 2019
The First Joanna is a 1943 play by Dorothy Blewett.
Plot
An English girl called Joanna marries an Australian wine-grower and moves to his family home in South Australia. She does not like it and is about to leave when she discovers the diary of the first Joanna who built the home during colonial times.
Production History
The play won a competition in 1947.[1]
The play was adapted for radio in 1948 at the ABC. The production starred English actor Jane Barrett, who was in Australia to star in Eureka Stockade.[2][3]
The play was performed at the Metropolitan Theatre in 1948.[4]
1961 TV Adaptation
| The First Joanna | |
|---|---|
| Produced by | Christopher Muir |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | ABC |
Release date | 1961 |
Running time | 75 mins |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
The play was filmed in 1961 by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It was directed by Christopher Muir.
The Sydney Morning Herald critic wrote "the production was a success, to the extent of making much of little; for the play itself often slips out of its intended dramatic mould into something approaching melodrama."[5]
Cast
- Barbara Brandon
- Pat Connolly as Joanna
- Madeline Howell
- Norman Kaye
- Kevin Miles
- Lee Norton
References
- ^ "Stage Play Competition". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 34, 312. New South Wales, Australia. 11 December 1947. p. 16. Retrieved 15 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Behind! The Mike". Truth. No. 3025. New South Wales, Australia. 11 January 1948. p. 29. Retrieved 15 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "STARS OF THE AIR. FILM ACTRESS FOR A.B.C." The Muswellbrook Chronicle. Vol. 28, , no. 3. New South Wales, Australia. 16 January 1948. p. 2. Retrieved 15 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - ^ "Family Drama In New Prize Play". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 34, 391. New South Wales, Australia. 13 March 1948. p. 9. Retrieved 15 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Play on television". Sydney Morning Herald. 4 May 1961. p. 5.
External links
- The First Joanna at AustLit
- The First Joanna at Ausstage
- The First Joanna at IMDb
- The First Joanna 1961 TV version at AustLit
- Complete text of play at Austlit
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