The Sundowner (play)

The Sundowner
Written byLeonard Buderick
Directed byLeonard Buderick
Date premiered1921
Original languageEnglish

The Sundowner is a 1921 Australian play by Leonard Buderick.[1] It was granted copyright in 1920.[2]

Buderick was an actor and writer who had toured in Possum Paddock.[3] He later had a success with the play Cockatoo Farm.[4]

The play toured extensively in regional areas.[5][6]

Premise

A sundowner visits the farm of the Mumford family.[7]

Radio adaptation

The play was adapted for Australian radio in 1931.[8][9]

References

  1. ^ "Advertising". Daily Advertiser. New South Wales, Australia. 13 August 1928. p. 3. Retrieved 9 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE COPYRIGHT ACT 1912". Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. No. 8. Australia, Australia. 20 January 1921. p. 103. Retrieved 9 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ Len Budruick at Variety Archive
  4. ^ "Barcaldine and General Budget". The Western Champion. Vol. XLIV, no. 1631. Queensland, Australia. 21 April 1923. p. 14. Retrieved 9 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "AMUSEMENTS". Daily Advertiser. New South Wales, Australia. 13 August 1928. p. 2. Retrieved 9 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "THE SUNDOWNER". Barrier Miner. Vol. XXXIV, no. 10, 336. New South Wales, Australia. 27 December 1921. p. 2. Retrieved 9 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "AMUSEMENTS". The Maitland Daily Mercury. No. 15, 545. New South Wales, Australia. 20 January 1921. p. 4. Retrieved 9 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ "THE RADIO WORLD". Chronicle. Vol. LXXIII, no. 3, 877. South Australia. 26 March 1931. p. 23. Retrieved 9 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ^ Australasian Radio Relay League (27 March 1931), "Between You & Me", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 17 (14), Sydney: Wireless Press, nla.obj-669135584, retrieved 9 May 2024 – via Trove