Fisher's Ghost (play)
| Fisher's Ghost | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Douglas Stewart |
| Date premiered | 1961 |
| Original language | English |
| Genre | comedy |
Fisher's Ghost is a 1960 verse drama by Douglas Stewart.[1]
The play was published in 1960. According to the Bulletin "it seems absurd to saddle this light- hearted poetic farce... with anything so ponderous as a Significance; but a significance is there, although it’s not the kind which will get up and bite you. The play strikingly illustrates the new attitude towards our folk-lore which is part of the changing Australian feeling of our history. "[2]
The play was performed a number of times on stage.
According to Clement Semmler, the play "is presented in an uninhibited mixture of colloquial prose and verse, carefully set against the speech usages of its time-setting of the 1820s in Australia. . The ballad form takes precedence in the verse, and one is aware that Stewart was at this time occupied with his project of editing early Australian bush songs and ballads... The play itself Stewart intended to be one of a set of light comedies trying to capture the spirit of Australian humor."[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ghost". The Australian Jewish Times. Vol. 68, no. 36. New South Wales, Australia. 24 February 1961. p. 9. Retrieved 22 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Fisher's Ghost", The Bulletin, John Ryan Comic Collection (Specific issues)., 81 (4211), Sydney, N.S.W: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald (published 1880), 26 Oct 1960, ISSN 0007-4039, nla.obj-1846319881, retrieved 23 October 2023 – via Trove
- ^ Semmler, Clement (1974). Douglas Stewart. p. 109.
External links
[edit]- Fishers Ghost at Aussstage