Open Spaces

Open Spaces
Kensington News and West London Times Dec 31, 1926
Written by	Harry Tighe
Characters	Jim Martha Marjorie
Date premiered	3 January 1927 [1]
Place premiered	Q Theatre, London
Original language	English
Genre	drama

Open Spaces is a 1927 Australian play by Harry Tighe. ^{[2] [3]}

The play was first performed in London in 1927 and received numerous subsequent performances throughout Europe and Australia. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

Premise

Jim is visited at a farm in outback Australia but his estranged wife, Marjorie.

Reception

Reviewing the 1927 production The Daily Telegraph thought Tighe "keeps the story moving very well." ^[7]

The Observer declared "this stark little play had its points" but "it was difficult to go on caring very much what happened to these people." ^[8]

References

1. "Theatrical notes". The Daily Telegraph. 23 December 1926. p. 14.
2. ""OPEN SPACES."". The Advocate (Australia) . Tasmania, Australia. 6 January 1927. p. 1. Retrieved 13 June 2025– via National Library of Australia.
3. "CARICATURES BY DICK OVENDEN.", The Triad : A Journal Devoted to Literacy, Pictorial, Musical and Dramatic Art., Sydney, 8 June 1927, nla.obj-1263277833, retrieved 13 June 2025– via Trove
4. "Poverty Point", The Bulletin, Sydney, N.S.W: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 10 November 1927, nla.obj-615088782, retrieved 13 June 2025– via Trove
5. "PLAY BY HARRY TIGHE". The Sydney Morning Herald . No. 31, 781. New South Wales, Australia. 9 November 1939. p. 5. Retrieved 13 June 2025– via National Library of Australia.
6. Australasian Radio Relay League. (June 29, 1940), "Playwrights Of Australia Harry Tighe—Acclaimed Overseas", The Wireless Weekly : The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, Sydney: Wireless Press, nla.obj-718521193, retrieved 13 June 2025– via Trove
7. "Q Theatre". The Daily Telegraph. 4 January 1927. p. 12.
8. "Open Spaces". The Observer. 9 January 1927. p. 13.

External links

• Open Stages at Ausstage