These_Positions_Vacant

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These Positions Vacant

1945 play Gwen Meredith

These Positions Vacant is a 1945 Australian stage play by Gwen Meredith.

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The play came second in a competition by the Playwrights' Advisory Board.[2]

The Sydney Morning Herald said "The play itself is homely its people ring true and except for one or two static moments they keep the play moving in a country kitchen. The story is rather trite."[3]

The Bulletin said the play "didn’t really grip. In spite of its considerable virtues of humor, naturalness and drama, the great fault of the play lay in its mechanical structure."[4]

Premise

The story of an Australian family at war time.

References

  1. [1]
    "Advertising". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 33, 553. New South Wales, Australia. 7 July 1945. p. 13. Retrieved 12 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. [2]
    "Gwen Meredith is writing Lawsons novel", ABC Weekly, 8 (21), Sydney, 8 June 1946, retrieved 12 September 2023 – via Trove
  3. [3]
    "COUNTRY FAMILY PRIZE PLAY". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 33, 551. New South Wales, Australia. 5 July 1945. p. 5. Retrieved 12 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. [4]
    "Sundry shows", The Bulletin, 66 (3415), Sydney, N.S.W: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 25 Jul 1945, nla.obj-541304589, retrieved 12 September 2023 – via Trove
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