Dampier's Ghost

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Dampier's Ghost
Written by Henrietta Drake-Brockman
Directed byGerald Ruse
Date premieredNovember 1933
Place premieredRepertory Club, Perth
Original languageEnglish
Genrecomedy
SettingA northwest Australian pearling port

Dampier's Ghost is an Australian stage play by Henrietta Drake-Brockman. [1]

Contents

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]

Premise

Set in Broome, Western Australia, [8] the play is a comedy set around a legend of a haunted house and buried treasure. [9]

References

  1. ↑ Peter Cowan, 'Drake-Brockman, Geoffrey (1885–1977)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/drakebrockman-geoffrey-10047/text17719, published first in hardcopy 1996, accessed online 8 September 2023.
  2. ↑ "The Amateur Stage". The Daily News . Vol. LIII, no. 18, 293. Western Australia. 31 October 1933. p. 8 (Late City). Retrieved 8 September 2023– via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "One-Act Plays". The Sydney Morning Herald . No. 31, 620. New South Wales, Australia. 5 May 1939. p. 16. Retrieved 8 September 2023– via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "Amateur Theatre Launched". Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser . No. 21, 378. Queensland, Australia. 18 May 1940. p. 9. Retrieved 8 September 2023– via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ "Perth Playwrights". The West Australian . Vol. XLIX, no. 9, 780. Western Australia. 2 November 1933. p. 14. Retrieved 8 September 2023– via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ "Books". The Australian Women's Weekly . Vol. 5, no. 15. Australia, Australia. 18 September 1937. p. 30. Retrieved 8 September 2023– via National Library of Australia.
  7. ↑ "Our Young Dramatists". The Argus (Melbourne) . No. 28, 405. Victoria, Australia. 4 September 1937. p. 29 (Week-End Magazine). Retrieved 8 September 2023– via National Library of Australia.
  8. ↑ "WESTRALIAN PLAY". Collie Mail. 1938-09-01. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
  9. ↑ "PLAYS FROM LOCAL PENS". Daily News. 1933-09-27. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
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