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'Set in the staff room of an all-girl school, 'Morning Sacrifice' interrogates the stifling sexual morality of post-War Australia. The all female cast are divided by the conflict between a waning Victorian sensibility and the sexual freedom of the coming age.
'The play is a powerful critique of how women’s sexuality was controlled by law, and hostility between women formed a barrier to emancipation.'
(Source: publisher's blurb)
Production Details
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First produced by the Western Australian Drama Festivals (Inc) at the Repertory Theatre, Perth, 8 October 1942.
Producer: Joyce Mortlock.
Also produced at the Stables Theatre, Sydney, 1986 and at the 3rd International Women Playwrights Conference, Adelaide, July 1994.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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Tremendous Worlds : Australian Women's Drama 1890-1960 : Introduction
1999
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criticism
— Appears in: Tremendous Worlds : Australian Women's Drama 1890-1960 1999; (p. v-xxvi) -
Against the Grain : Dramatic Challenges to Modernity
1999
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Playing with Ideas : Australian Women Playwrights from the Suffragettes to the Sixties 1999; (p. 64-94) -
The Queen of Australian Soap: Deconstructing Dymphna Cusack
1999
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— Appears in: Southerly , Winter vol. 59 no. 2 1999; (p. 129-155) -
Dymphna Cusack's Plays
1998
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— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , April no. 32 1998; (p. 63-76) -
Untitled
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: Muse , September no. 134 1994; (p. 34-35)
— Review of Morning Sacrifice 1940 single work drama
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From Staff-Room to Canteen
1951
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 12 no. 2 1951; (p. 101-102)
— Review of Three Australian Three-Act Plays 1950 selected work drama ; Comets Soon Pass 1950 single work drama ; Shoulder the Sky 1945 single work drama ; Morning Sacrifice 1940 single work drama -
Over the Bridge
1943
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 29 December vol. 64 no. 3333 1943; (p. 2)
— Review of Morning Sacrifice 1940 single work drama -
Untitled
1986
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 6 June 1986; (p. 18)
— Review of Morning Sacrifice 1940 single work drama -
Untitled
1986
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 5 June 1986; (p. 14)
— Review of Morning Sacrifice 1940 single work drama -
Moral Dilemma at the Girls School
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Jewish News , 23 August vol. 57 no. 47 1991; (p. 39)
— Review of Morning Sacrifice 1940 single work drama -
Recent Australian Drama in Print
1946
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criticism
— Appears in: Focus , December-January vol. 1 no. 11 1946-1947; (p. 31-33) -
Dymphna Cusack's Plays
1998
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , April no. 32 1998; (p. 63-76) -
The Queen of Australian Soap: Deconstructing Dymphna Cusack
1999
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , Winter vol. 59 no. 2 1999; (p. 129-155) -
Making a Sacrifice
1994
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criticism
biography
— Appears in: The Advertiser Magazine , 25 June 1994; (p. 19-20) -
Dymphna Cusack's `Comets Soon Pass': The Genius and the Potato Wife
1994
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criticism
— Appears in: Wallflowers and Witches : Women and Culture in Australia 1910-1945 1994; (p. 91-104)
Awards
- 1942 winner Westralian Drama Festival Award
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