On Our Selection (1912 play)

On Our Selection is a 1912 Australian play by Bert Bailey and Edmund Duggan based on the stories of Steele Rudd. Bailey played Dad Rudd in the original production.

The play was an enormous success and was frequently revived until the 1930s.[1] The 1932 version of On Our Selection, which starred Bailey, and it's three sequels, owed more to the play than Steele Rudd's original stories. The 1920 version from director Raymond Longford was closer to the stories.[2]

The play was revived again in 1979 by director George Whaley at the Jane Street Theatre with Don Crosby as Dad, Geoffrey Rush as Dave and Mel Gibson as Sandy, plus Noni Hazlehurst, Jon Blake, John Clayton and Kerry Walker.[3][4] This production was later transferred to the Nimrod Theatre.[5]

References

  1. ^ Papers of Bert and Tim Bailey, National Library of Australia
  2. ^ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, page 157
  3. ^ Bert Bailey 1868-1953, Live Performance Australia Hall of Fame
  4. ^ On Our Selection, Jane Street Theatre, AusStage
  5. ^ On Our Selection, Nimrod Upstairs, AusStage

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