Before the Dawn (play)
Before the Dawn is a 1915 Australian play by Jo Smith.[1]
It was exclusively performed to raise money for Australian troops.[2] The play was a comedy set on an outback station.[3] Smith offered the play to JC Williamsons and Bert Bailey who rejected it but the play was popular.[4][5]
The play raised over a thousand pounds for the Red Cross.[6][7]
The Age said "it is a comedy drama, in which the farce element preponderates, or would do so if the author had- not relied almost exclusively on his dialogue for tlie numerous laughs that encouraged the performers throughout the three acts."[8]
According to Table Talk "As in all his plays, Mr. Smith has conceived a good foundation plot, though some of the methods of working it out are conventional and rather farcical."[9]
References[edit]
- ^ "No title". Table Talk. No. [?]5. Victoria, Australia. 9 December 1915. p. 28. Retrieved 1 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "To The Editor". The Prahran Telegraph. Vol. 66, no. 3389. Victoria, Australia. 21 May 1926. p. 3. Retrieved 1 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ ""BEFORE THE DAWN."". Table Talk. Victoria, Australia. 19 August 1915. p. 25. Retrieved 1 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "AT POVERTY POINT.", The Bulletin., Sydney, N.S.W: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 29 Nov 1917, nla.obj-697110959, retrieved 1 May 2024 – via Trove
- ^ "BEFORE THE DAWN". The Herald. No. 12419. Victoria, Australia. 17 December 1915. p. 12. Retrieved 1 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Australian Drama and the Australian Playwright. [For the TRIAD.]", The Triad: A Journal Devoted to Literacy, Pictorial, Musical and Dramatic Art., Sydney, 10 January 1918, nla.obj-1247116050, retrieved 1 May 2024 – via Trove
- ^ "Australian Authors". Graphic Of Australia. No. 109. Victoria, Australia. 15 February 1918. p. 22. Retrieved 1 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "AMUSEMENTS". The Age. No. 18, 886. Victoria, Australia. 1 October 1915. p. 14. Retrieved 1 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "NEW AUSTRALIAN PLAY". Table Talk. No. [?]6. Victoria, Australia. 7 October 1915. p. 24. Retrieved 1 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
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