The Sundowner (play)

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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[edit]

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

Radio Adaptation[edit]

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

References[edit]

  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.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  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.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  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.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  9. ^ Australasian Radio Relay League. (27 March 1931), "BETWEEN YOU & ME", The wireless weekly : the hundred per cent Australian radio journal, Sydney: Wireless Press, nla.obj-669135584, retrieved 9 May 2024 – via Trove {{citation}}: |section= ignored (help)