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Brumby Innes

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Brumby Innes
Based onBrumby Innes
by Katharine Susannah Prichard
Written byKatharine Susannah Prichard
StarringDennis Miller
Lynette Curran
Vic Marsh
Peter Cummins
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time75 mins
Original release
NetworkNetwork 10
Release26 June 1973 (1973-06-26)

Brumby Innes is a play by Katharine Susannah Prichard, written in the 1920s but not performed professionally until 1972. A TV film adaptation was broadcast in 1973.[1]

Premise

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A station manager lives alone in the outback except for his best friend and local black women. A white woman arrives.

Play

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Prichard's play had been written in the 1920s. In 1927 it won a competition for best Australian play.[2][3]

It was performed in 1972 at The Pram Factory, Melbourne in an Australian Performing Group and Nindethana Theatre co-production.[4][5][6]

TV adaptation

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References

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  1. ^ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970–1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p20
  2. ^ "A WEST AUSTRALIAN NOVELIST". The West Australian. Perth. 15 June 1935. p. 5. Retrieved 24 May 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "BRUMBY INNES". Sunday Mail. Brisbane. 27 November 1927. p. 1. Retrieved 24 May 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Pram Factory Recollections" by John Smythe accessed 22 June 2013
  5. ^ "WRITERS' WORLD". The Canberra Times. 25 November 1972. p. 12. Retrieved 24 May 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "brumby innes". Tribune. No. 1779. New South Wales, Australia. 31 October 1972. p. 8. Retrieved 22 June 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
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