Accused of being communist propaganda here.
First produced on stage in Canberra in April 1956. Review of that is here from Canberra Times and in Bulletin here.
Played in Melbourne during Olympic Drama Festival in 1956with two other Australian plays - Under the Coolibah Tree and Pacific Paradise. See here. Competition from Victorian Drama League.
On ABC radio in June 1956 see here. Taken to France. See here.
The Cardiff University Players performed it in 1958 it is reviewed here. It was performed at Edinburgh Festival in 1960 see here. Also performed in Perth and Hobart see here.
The play was published in 1969 it is reviewed by the SMH here. Review by Canberra Times here.
Plot - see here
It tells the story of a journalist, his wife and their young daughter who have survived an atomic war, and now live in a bomb-wrecked hovel, looking out over a desolate countryside. The fight for survival has reduced them to complete moral degradation. Jackson and his wife realise and accept the fact that their daughter Carolyn sells herself for the food which keeps them just alive. Their nearest neighbour is Raw-lings, once a successful and genial chemist, but driven insane by his exneriences. Then comes the first relief squad from the outside area untouched by the bomb blast, bringing supplies of food, and hope for the future. The rescuers are not able to understand properly the way the survivors think and react, for the;> have merely looked on at the horror without themselves experiencing it. It is not surprising, therefore, that almost immediately a piece of petty tyranny brings tragedy.
Reviews
The Age called the radio play "just about as dull as it could be". Thie was "Airel" who disliked Australian writing. See here
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