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That's Murder : A Mystery Comedy in One Act single work   drama   - One act
Alternative title: Exit John Barcombe
Issue Details: First known date: 1944... 1944 That's Murder : A Mystery Comedy in One Act
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The Campbell Howard Annotated Index of Australian Plays 1920-1955 ed. Jack Bedson and Julian Croft (1993): 336 comments:'A murder has been committed, or is it suicide? If it is murder, is it the work of the wife, the mistress or the maid?'

Production Details

  • First produced as 'Exit John Barcombe' by the Sydney Players' Club at St James' Hall, 5 March 1935 and again by the Sydney Players' in 1939. Also produced at the Brisbane Arts Theatre, 5 November 1940 and at the Adelaide Repertory Theatre, 21 June 1949. See The Campbell Howard Annotated Index of Australian Plays 1920-1955 ed. Jack Bedson and Julian Croft (1993): 336-337.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Six Australian One-Act Plays Sydney : Mulga Publications , 1944 Z32296 1944 anthology drama Sydney : Mulga Publications , 1944 pg. 61-84
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Five Proven One-Act Plays Lionel Shave , Sydney : Australasian Publishing Co. , 1948 Z202703 1948 selected work drama Sydney : Australasian Publishing Co. , 1948 pg. 49-76
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