The Torrents
| The Torrents | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Oriel Gray |
| Original language | English |
| Genre | melodrama |
The Torrents is a 1955 Australian play about an attempt to bring irrigation to a former gold mining town.
In 1955 it was voted best play that year by the Playwrights' Advisory Board, alongside Ray Lawler's Summer of the Seventeenth Doll.[1] It was adapted for radio by the ABC in 1956.[2] It was also adaptd into the musical A Bit o' Petticoat.[3]
References
- ↑ David Fiorovanti, "Oriel Gray, 'playwright of ideas', dies aged 83", The Age, 3 July 2003 accessed 24 January 2013
- ↑ "Worth Reporting.". The Australian Women's Weekly (National Library of Australia). 22 February 1956. p. 31. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
- ↑ "A Bit o' Petticoat at Australianmusicals.com accessed 24 January 2013