A Sirius Cove

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A Sirius Cove
Written by Lionel Shave
Date premiered11 September 1935
Original languageEnglish
Genrecomedy
SettingBellvue Hill, Sydney

A Sirius Cove is a 1935 Australian comedy play by Lionel Shave. [1]

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The play was one of the most highly regarded of the 1930s. [2]

The play was broadcast on Australian radio in 1938 as part of the ABC's Drama Week. [3]

It was broadcast on radio in England, South Africa and New Zealand. [4]

It was published in 1948 in a collection of Shave's one act plays. [5]

Reviewing the 1938 production, Wireless Weekly said "The obvious denouement creaked, but creaked pleasantly like Granny’s rocking- chair; you were pleased the dear old thing was still enjoying life. But too long. The creaking went on long after Granny’s bed-time. I was yawn-ing, and saying to myself, “Is she going to keep me up all night?”" [6]

Premise

According to the ABC the play "satirises in a frolicksome way contemporary Bellevue Hill society. The comedy also pokes fun at those who attempt to deny the early Australian con-vict background." [7]

A man descended from a convict turns up at a Bellevue House owned by Mr and mrs Pilcarrow-Browne, who are anxious that their daughter Mercia should marry well.

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References

  1. ↑ "AMATEUR PLAYWRIGHTS IN COMPETITION". Sydney Mail . Vol. XLVIII, no. 1229. New South Wales, Australia. 16 October 1935. p. 21. Retrieved 19 October 2023– via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ Australasian Radio Relay League. (March 16, 1940), "Australian Plays For Stage", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 35 (11), Sydney: Wireless Press, nla.obj-718411736, retrieved 19 October 2023– via Trove
  3. ↑ "BROADCASTING FIRST WIRELESS WAVES". The Sydney Morning Herald . No. 31, 306. New South Wales, Australia. 4 May 1938. p. 9. Retrieved 19 October 2023– via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ Australasian Radio Relay League. (September 7, 1940), "PLAYWRIGHTS OF AUSTRALIA RADIO SUCCESS OVERSEAS", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 35 (36), Sydney: Wireless Press, nla.obj-720117655, retrieved 19 October 2023– via Trove
  5. ↑ "Proven Plays". The Sydney Morning Herald . No. 34, 463. New South Wales, Australia. 5 June 1948. p. 6. Retrieved 19 October 2023– via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ Australasian Radio Relay League. (June 3, 1938), "Between You and Me and the Microphone THEY CUT HIS HAIR", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 31 (22), Sydney: Wireless Press, nla.obj-714445799, retrieved 19 October 2023– via Trove
  7. ↑ Australasian Radio Relay League. (May 6, 1938), "RADIO DRAMA WEEK Details of the Plays", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 31 (18), Sydney: Wireless Press, nla.obj-714402064, retrieved 19 October 2023– via Trove
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