Dampier's Ghost | |
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Written by | Henrietta Drake-Brockman |
Directed by | Gerald Ruse |
Date premiered | November 1933 |
Place premiered | Repertory Club, Perth |
Original language | English |
Genre | comedy |
Setting | A northwest Australian pearling port |
Dampier's Ghost is an Australian stage play by Henrietta Drake-Brockman. [1]
It was performed in Perth in November 1933 [2] and in Sydney in 1939 [3] as well as other amateur productions. [4]
The West Australian said "the comedy was well-developed and is played effectively. Its humour was fresh and had a real Australian tang about it." [5] The Australian Woman's Weekly said "Dialogue is excellent, and the curtain a good one." [6]
The play was published in a 1937 collection of Australian one act plays and in a collection of Drake-Brockman's writings. [7]
Set in Broome, Western Australia, [8] the play is a comedy set around a legend of a haunted house and buried treasure. [9]
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