The One Day of the Year

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Event The One Day of the Year
Venue Theatre Royal, Stratford East, Stratford, London, England
First Date 23 October 1961
Opening Date 25 October 1961
Last Date November 1961
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Four weeks' season. A university student, Hughie Cook, helps his girlfriend Jan write an article criticising Anzac Day, which upsets his ex-serviceman father, Alf. The play was inspired by an article in the University of Sydney newspaper Honi Soit criticising Anzac Day and Seymour's own observations of how ex-servicemen behaved on that day. The character of Alf was based on Seymour's brother in law.
Description Source Website
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Subjects Anzac
Australian National Identity
Family
War memorials
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Patricia Conolly Actor Jan Castle
Lewis Fiander Actor Hughie Cook
Ron Haddrick Actor Alf Cook
Reginald Lye Actor Wacka Dawson
Nita Pannell Actor Dot Cook
Kenneth Rowell Designer
Raymond Menmuir Director
Alan Seymour Playwright
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Works
Text Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Newspaper The Age, 25 November 1961, 8
Australian Drama Project (UQ) Key ONEDAYOAS
Marking Masculinity Project
Event Identifier 106240
Dataset AusStage