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y separately published work icon Destructo single work   drama   - One act
Alternative title: Destructo, or A Power for Mother England
Issue Details: First known date: 1908... 1908 Destructo
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

Centres on the invention of an explosive, 'Destructo', by a young lieutenant.

Adaptations

form y separately published work icon When Power Is Glory Karta , Melbourne : ABC Radio , 1926 16930157 1926 single work radio play

Production Details

  • First produced at Furlong's Room, Royal Arcade, Melbourne, 21 October 1908.

    Cast included Geo. Dawe (Lieut. Jack Watson), H. Deasy (Captain Armiston), H.N. Gregory (Major Carlake), and Mrs Maurice Dudley (Nell Carlake).

    Source: 'Destructo', Table Talk, 29 October 1908, p.20.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 1908
Serialised by: The Fitzroy City Press 1881 newspaper (3 issues)
Notes:
Serialised in six instalments, from 27 August to 24 September 1909, as 'Military Dramatette: "Destructo, or A Power for Mother England".'
      1909 .
      Link: 16927582Access online Sighted: 15/07/2019
      Note/s:
      • Full-text link is to list of newspaper instalments on Trove.
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