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Author's Introduction: This play is not merely a comedy of love, or an evocation of New Zealand, or the dramatization of a Maori legend; it also seeks to express what I must call a view or vision of life. ... I was looking through James Cowan's charming little Fairy Folk Tales of the Maori when I came across the chapter which Cowan calls "Whanawhana of the Bush": the legend of The Golden Lover. The whole play thereupon flashed into my mind complete.'
Introduction by Douglas Stewart. (1962: 8, 10).
Notes
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Drama in verse form.
Production Details
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- First broadcast on ABC radio in a slightly abridged form on 24 January 1943.
- First produced as a stage play at the Little Theatre, Melbourne, 18 July 1953.
- Also produced at Wellington, New Zealand, 1967.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Reconciliation of Contraries : Douglas Stewart's The Golden Lover
2000
single work
criticism
— Appears in: New Directions in Australian Studies : Papers of the Inaugural Conference of The Asian Association for the Study of Australia (ASAA), "Creative Configurations", Kerala, India (1997) 2000; (p. 420-426) -
Radio Drama : The Australian Experience
1981
1981
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Radio Drama 1981; (p. 244-259) -
Australian Drama Since 1920 : Introduction
1977
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Five Plays for Stage, Radio and Television 1977; (p. ix-xxv) -
Introduction to 'The Golden Lover'
1977
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Five Plays for Stage, Radio and Television 1977; (p. 214-217) -
Broadcasting and Australian Literature
1966
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Literary Australia 1966; (p. 89-116)
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Untitled
1945
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin Papers , Autumn vol. 4 no. 1 1945; (p. 65-68)
— Review of Fountains Beyond 1940 single work drama ; Quiet Night 1941 single work drama ; The Golden Lover 1942 single work radio play ; The Fire on the Snow and The Golden Lover : Two Plays for Radio 1944 selected work radio play -
Untitled
1945
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Quarterly , vol. 17 no. 2 1945; (p. 115-116)
— Review of The Fire on the Snow 1941 single work radio play ; The Golden Lover 1942 single work radio play ; The Fire on the Snow and The Golden Lover : Two Plays for Radio 1944 selected work radio play -
Two Radio Plays
1946
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 7 no. 1 1946; (p. 38-42)
— Review of The Fire on the Snow 1941 single work radio play ; The Golden Lover 1942 single work radio play ; The Fire on the Snow and The Golden Lover : Two Plays for Radio 1944 selected work radio play -
Douglas Stewart: Poet, Playwright and Critic
1963
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Tasmanian Education , 15 November vol. 15 no. 1963; (p. 243-248) -
Radio Drama : The Australian Experience
1981
1981
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Radio Drama 1981; (p. 244-259) -
Broadcasting and Australian Literature
1966
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Literary Australia 1966; (p. 89-116) -
Motif in the Work of Douglas Stewart
1963
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Elements of Poetry 1963; (p. 25-50) Considerations : New Essays on Kenneth Slessor, Judith Wright and Douglas Stewart 1977; (p. 143-168) -
Modern Australian Drama : An Outsider's View
1961
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Quadrant , Autumn vol. 5 no. 2 1961; (p. 67-74)
Awards
- 1942 winner ABC Play Competition — Verse Section
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