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Two drovers, Andy and Jack, watch their boss drink himself to death. They lie to his wife about the cause of his death to spare her unnecessary pain.
Adaptations
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Telling Mrs Baker
1922
single work
drama
— Appears in: The Black Horse and Other Plays 1924; (p. 63-78)
Notes
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Adapted by Vance Palmer for the radio drama Telling Mrs Baker.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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The Challenge of the Meta-Contextual : Henry Lawson's ‘Telling Mrs Baker’ (1901) and Some Animal Questions for Australia
2007
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Oxford Literary Review , July vol. 29 no. 1-2 2007; (p. 17-36) -
Looking for Mr Backbone : The Politics of Gender in the Work of Henry Lawson
1996
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The 1890s : Australian Literature and Literary Culture 1996; (p. 95-108) -
The 1890s: Australian Literature and Literary Culture : Introduction
1996
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The 1890s : Australian Literature and Literary Culture 1996; (p. 1-26) -
Telling the Little Women from the Disappearing Woman
1991
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Redoubt , August no. 12 1991; (p. 73-77) -
Grim Humour in Short Stories of the 1890s
1990
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Aspects of Australian Fiction : Essays Presented to John Colmer, Professor Emeritus of English, The University of Adelaide 1990; (p. 17-39)
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The Challenge of the Meta-Contextual : Henry Lawson's ‘Telling Mrs Baker’ (1901) and Some Animal Questions for Australia
2007
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Oxford Literary Review , July vol. 29 no. 1-2 2007; (p. 17-36) -
Telling the Little Women from the Disappearing Woman
1991
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Redoubt , August no. 12 1991; (p. 73-77) -
Grim Humour in Short Stories of the 1890s
1990
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Aspects of Australian Fiction : Essays Presented to John Colmer, Professor Emeritus of English, The University of Adelaide 1990; (p. 17-39) -
The 1890s: Australian Literature and Literary Culture : Introduction
1996
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The 1890s : Australian Literature and Literary Culture 1996; (p. 1-26) -
Looking for Mr Backbone : The Politics of Gender in the Work of Henry Lawson
1996
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The 1890s : Australian Literature and Literary Culture 1996; (p. 95-108)
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