Hail Tomorrow

Hail Tomorrow
Written by	Vance Palmer
Date premiered	1948
Original language	English
Subject	1891 Australian shearers' strike, New Australia
Genre	history

Hail Tomorrow is a 1947 Australian stage play by Vance Palmer. It was published at a time when that was relatively rare for Australian plays. ^[1]

The play concerned the 1891 Australian shearers' strike and the establishment of New Australia. ^[2] The play was not widely performed but the published version was widely reviewed. ^[3] It was given a number of amateur performances. ^[4]

The play was adapted for ABC radio in 1948. ^[5]

Palmer later wrote a radio serial on this subject, Two Worlds .

Premise

In the early 1890s, Alec Glover, chairman of the Central Strike Committee in Barcaldine, clashes with William Lane, editor of TheBoomerang and leader of the Utopian community in Paraguay. ^[6]

References

1. Geoffrey Serle, 'Palmer, Edward Vivian (Vance) (1885–1959)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/palmer-vance-7946/text13831, published first in hardcopy 1988, accessed online 29 August 2023.
2. Barnes, J. (1959). The Man of Letters. Meanjin, 18(2), 193–205. https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.760008299017955
3. "New Australia". The Herald . No. 21, 969. Victoria, Australia. 18 October 1947. p. 14. Retrieved 29 August 2023– via National Library of Australia.
4. "PLAY RECALLS 1891 SHEARERS' STRIKE". The News . Vol. 55, no. 8, 532. South Australia. 11 December 1950. p. 18. Retrieved 29 August 2023– via National Library of Australia.
5. "Tonight's Radio". The News . Vol. 50, no. 7, 661. South Australia. 23 February 1948. p. 6. Retrieved 29 August 2023– via National Library of Australia.
6. "Palmer Knows His Queensland". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate . No. 22, 172. New South Wales, Australia. 25 October 1947. p. 5. Retrieved 29 August 2023– via National Library of Australia.