A Spring Song | |
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Written by | Ray Mathew |
Date premiered | March 1958 |
Place premiered | Brisbane |
Original language | English |
Genre | drama |
A Spring Song is a 1958 Australian play by Ray Mathew.
The play was given a reading by the Elizabethan Theatre Trust in 1957. The Age called the script "moving". [1] It played at the Sydney Pocket Theatre in 1958 and the Sydney Morning Herald said it was "not a success". [2]
The play was successfully presented at the Edinburgh Festival in 1964 [3] and transferred to the West End that year. [4] The Evening Standard called it a "mellow, sentimental melodrama". [5]
The play was filmed for Canadian television in 1965 with the story relocated to Canada. Zoe Caldwell starred. [6]
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