Western Limit

Western Limit
Written byOriel Gray
Date premieredFebruary 1946
Place premieredNew Theatre, Sydney
Original languageEnglish
Genredrama

Western Limit is a 1946 Australian play by Oriel Gray.[1] It was performed a number of times throughout Australia in the 1940s.[2][3][4]

Leslie Rees said "The play was an overstocked paddock, sprawling and hinting at too many thorny questions, but never dull like its title. The author had a witty and pointed as well as savage line in dialogue,... The characters were recognizably real, even if the story-line was not strong."[5]

The Sydney Morning Herald said "the play is not a good one and was made no better by the performance."[6][7]

Premise

The struggles of a farming family.

References

  1. ^ "Australian Drama "Western Limit"". Le Courrier Australien. No. 9. New South Wales. 1 March 1946. p. 9. Retrieved 21 January 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Australian Drama at Stow Hall". The Advertiser. South Australia. 18 September 1946. p. 12. Retrieved 21 January 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "News and Gossip", ABC Weekly, vol. 14, no. 48, 29 November 1952, retrieved 21 January 2024 – via Trove
  4. ^ "New Angle on old Play Theme". The Daily Telegraph. Vol. X, no. 290. New South Wales. 25 February 1946. p. 12. Retrieved 21 January 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ Rees, Leslie (1987). Australian drama, 1970-1985: a historical and critical survey. p. 212.
  6. ^ ""Western Limit" At New Theatre". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 33,751. New South Wales, Australia. 25 February 1946. p. 5. Retrieved 21 January 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ Voices Unheard: The Representation of Australian Aborigines by Left-Wing Playwrights 1940s-1960s Gabriela Zabala , Australasian Drama Studies , April no. 60 2012; (p. 42-55)


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