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Issue Details: First known date: 1923-1933... 1923-1933 The Ship of Heaven : A Musical Fantasy in Three Acts
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Notes

  • Drama in verse form
  • Dedication: To Alfred Hill (Orpheus Redivivus) who composed the music for this play...music sweeter than songs the young birds sing; hearing it, fairies grow fairer; while Pierrot, wakened, seeks Columbine at the same time that Columbine seeks him. Also to Doris Fitton who, with intuitive genius, brought this fantasy upon the stage.

Production Details

    • Written in 1920 and set to music by Alfred Hill in 1923 when it was produced at the NSW State Conservatorium of Music.
    • First performed at the Savoy Theatre in Sydney on 7 October 1933, by the Independent Theatre Company; produced by Doris Fitton.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

      1923-1933 .
      Extent: 3p.p.
      (Manuscript) assertion
      Note/s:
      • Handbill re presentation of this at N.S.W. State Conservatorium of Music in 1923; and two drawings with captions

      Holdings

      Held at: National Library of Australia
    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Angus and Robertson , 1951 .
      Extent: 121p.
      Description: illus.
      Note/s:
      • Corrections and alterations to the 1951 published text were published in Southerly Vol:14 No:3, 1953 p.208-209.
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Works about this Work

Australian Drama and Theatre 1958 single work criticism
— Appears in: Current Affairs Bulletin , July vol. 22 no. 7 1958; (p. 115-128)
The Ship of Heaven R. G. Howarth , 1957 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 18 no. 4 1957; (p. 216-221)
Australian Literature: Notes : "The Ship of Heaven" 1953 single work column
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 14 no. 3 1953; (p. 208-209)
McCrae in Heaven D. S. , 1951 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 6 June vol. 72 no. 3721 1951; (p. 2)
— Review of The Ship of Heaven : A Musical Fantasy in Three Acts Hugh McCrae , 1923-1933 single work musical theatre
Play-Field 'En Espagne' C. J. H. O'Brien , 1951 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 12 no. 4 1951; (p. 216-218)
— Review of The Ship of Heaven : A Musical Fantasy in Three Acts Hugh McCrae , 1923-1933 single work musical theatre
Sundry Shows 1933 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 11 October vol. 54 no. 2800 1933; (p. 18)
— Review of The Ship of Heaven : A Musical Fantasy in Three Acts Hugh McCrae , 1923-1933 single work musical theatre
Untitled Just Because : Hugh McCrae Robert D. FitzGerald , 1951 single work review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Spring vol. 10 no. 3 1951; (p. 307, 309, 311) Of Places and Poetry 1976; (p. 115-120)
— Review of The Ship of Heaven : A Musical Fantasy in Three Acts Hugh McCrae , 1923-1933 single work musical theatre
Play-Field 'En Espagne' C. J. H. O'Brien , 1951 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 12 no. 4 1951; (p. 216-218)
— Review of The Ship of Heaven : A Musical Fantasy in Three Acts Hugh McCrae , 1923-1933 single work musical theatre
McCrae in Heaven D. S. , 1951 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 6 June vol. 72 no. 3721 1951; (p. 2)
— Review of The Ship of Heaven : A Musical Fantasy in Three Acts Hugh McCrae , 1923-1933 single work musical theatre
The Ship of Heaven : Its Origin and Growth Hugh McCrae , 1924 single work prose
— Appears in: The Home , 1 March vol. 5 no. 1 1924; (p. 2, 4)
Australian Literature: Notes : "The Ship of Heaven" 1953 single work column
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 14 no. 3 1953; (p. 208-209)
The Ship of Heaven R. G. Howarth , 1957 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 18 no. 4 1957; (p. 216-221)
The Development of Australian Drama William Moore , 1937 single work criticism
— Appears in: Best Australian One-Act Plays 1937; (p. xix-xxvii)
Australian Drama and Theatre 1958 single work criticism
— Appears in: Current Affairs Bulletin , July vol. 22 no. 7 1958; (p. 115-128)
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