The Slaughter of St Teresa's Day
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Date premiered | 11 March 1959 |
Place premiered | Sydney |
Original language | English |
The Slaughter of St. Teresa's Day is a play by Australian author Peter Kenna.
Plot
Oola Maguire, a bookie, holds a party every St. Teresa's Day. The guests are the people she has quarrelled with in the past year, and there is only one rule – firearms must be parked in the hall. Her daughter Thelma is brought home from the convent she attends with two nuns.
Background
It won a National Playwrights Competition in 1958 and was produced in Sydney the following year by the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust.[1][2]
Kenna revised the play in 1972.[3]
1960 Australian TV Adaptation
The Slaughter of St Theresa's Day | |
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Directed by | Alan Burke |
Written by | Peter Kenna |
Distributed by | ABC |
Release dates | 23 March 1960 |
Running time | 75 mins |
Country | Australia |
Language | English |
It was filmed by the ABC on 23 March 1960 at a time when local drama production was rare. The spelling of the title was "Theresa's Day" not "Teresa's Day" like the play.
The Australian Woman's Weekly called it "excellent entertainment."[4]
Cast
- Annette Andre as Thelma
- Alma Butterfield as Essie Farrell
- Neva Carr Glyn as Oola Maguire
- Gordon Glenwright as Charlie Gibson
- Nat Levison as Barney Doyle
- Mary Mackay as Sister Mary Luke
- Rodney Milgate as Whitey
- Moya O'Sullivan as Sister Mary Mark
- Wendy Playfair as Wilma Cartwright
- Walter Sullivan as Horrie Darcel
- Frank Waters as Uncle Paddy
1962 British TV Adaptation
The Slaughter of St Teresa's Day | |
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Produced by | John Jacobs |
Written by | Peter Kenna |
Starring | Susannah York |
Release dates | 1962 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
The film was filmed by the BBC in 1962.
Cast
See also
References
- ↑ Richard Waterhouse, 'Kenna, Peter Joseph (1930–1987)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/kenna-peter-joseph-12727/text22951, published first in hardcopy 2007, accessed online 3 April 2015.
- ↑ "It seems to me". The Australian Women's Weekly. 26, (42). Australia, Australia. 25 March 1959. p. 12. Retrieved 11 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Drama in Paddo revitalised.". The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995). ACT: National Library of Australia. 23 September 1972. p. 12. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
- ↑ "Perry Masonnew honors". The Australian Women's Weekly. 27, (45). Australia, Australia. 13 April 1960. p. 66. Retrieved 11 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
External links
- 1960 TV production details at Ausstage
- 1960 TV production at IMDB
- The Slaughter of St Teresa's Day 1962 TV play at IMDB
- Australian productions at Ausstage
- 1960 TV production at AustLit
- Play details at AustLit
- 1960 TV production at National Film and Sound Archive