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Issue Details: First known date: 1953... 1953 Birthday
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Notes

    • Drama in verse form.
    • Based on P A Mussmanno's book Ten Days to Die dealing with the final days of Adolf Hitler.
    • " This play was completed in its present form and language in August, 1952; only a single metaphor was removed later."

Production Details

  • Broadcast on the B.B.C. Third Progamme on 25 April 1954.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Birthday Francis Webb , Adelaide : Adelaide Print Office , 1953 Z551019 1953 selected work poetry drama Adelaide : Adelaide Print Office , 1953 pg. 41-67
  • Appears in:
    form y separately published work icon Collected Poems Francis Webb , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1969 Z551447 1969 selected work poetry radio play drama Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1969 pg. 101-130
    Note: Author note: 'This play is firmly based upon Peter A. Mussmanno's analysis of the situation in his book, Ten Days to Die. It was completed in its present form and language in August 1952; only a single metaphor was renovated later' (p.250).
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Related Works

form Birthday : A Verse Play for Radio Francis Webb , 1991 single work extract poetry radio play
— Appears in: Cap and Bells : The Poetry of Francis Webb 1991; (p. 130-133)
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Works about this Work

David Malouf, Francis Webb and Australian Religious Consciousness Jim Tulip , 1992 single work criticism
— Appears in: Reconnoitres : Essays in Australian Literature in Honour of G. A. Wilkes 1992; (p. 226-237)
Radio Drama : The Australian Experience Rodney Pybus , 1981 1981 single work criticism
— Appears in: Radio Drama 1981; (p. 244-259)
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