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Cover of Perth Repertory Program, 1948
y separately published work icon The First Joanna : A Play in Three Acts single work   drama   - Three acts, five scenes
Issue Details: First known date: 1943... 1943 The First Joanna : A Play in Three Acts
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      Melbourne, Victoria,: 1943 .
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      Extent: 3 actsp.
      (Manuscript) assertion
      Note/s:
      • This is the earliest known version of the manuscript. It must have been completed before the rehearsed reading of The First Joanna which was advertised for the 23rd of October 1943.
      Melbourne, Victoria,: 1947 .
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      Extent: 3 actsp.
      (Manuscript) assertion
      Note/s:
      • This version of The First Joanna won the Playwrights' Advisory Board prize in 1947 and was subsequently produced for ABC radio and on stage in 1948 by the Metropolitan Theatre.
Alternative title: The First Joanna : A Play in Two Acts
      London,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,      :       1950-1955 .
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      Extent: 2 actsp.
      (Manuscript) assertion
      Note/s:
      • The first of two versions of the play was written while Dorothy Blewett was living and working in London in the 1950s. A two-act structure replaces the original three-act structure.
      1955-1960 .
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      Alternative title: The First Joanna : A Play in Two Acts
      Extent: 2 actsp.
      (Manuscript) assertion
      Note/s:
      • The second of two versions of the play, written while Dorothy Blewett was living and working in London in the 1950s. This is believed to be the version used for the 1961 television adaptation of The First Joanna.

      Holdings

      Held at: University of Queensland University of Queensland Library Fryer Library
      Location: The Hanger Collection of Australian Playscripts
      Local Id: H0145
Subjects:
  • Bush,
  • South Australia,
Settings:
  • South Australia,
  • Hobart, Southeast Tasmania, Tasmania,
  • 1940s
  • 1800-1899
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