These Positions Vacant
Written byGwen Meredith
Directed byJohn Alden
Date premieredJuly 3, 1945 (1945-07-03)[1]
Place premieredIndependent Theatre, Sydney
Original languageEnglish
Genredrama

These Positions Vacant is a 1945 Australian stage play by Gwen Meredith.

The play came second in a competition by the Playwrights' Advisory Board.[2]

The Sydney Morning Herald said "The play itself is homely its people ring true and except for one or two static moments they keep the play moving in a country kitchen. The story is rather trite."[3]

The Bulletin said the play "didn’t really grip. In spite of its considerable virtues of humor, naturalness and drama, the great fault of the play lay in its mechanical structure."[4]

Premise

The story of an Australian family at war time.

References

  1. "Advertising". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 33, 553. New South Wales, Australia. 7 July 1945. p. 13. Retrieved 12 September 2023 via National Library of Australia.
  2. Australian Broadcasting Commission. (1939), "GWEN MEREDITH IS WRITING LAWSONS NOVEL", ABC weekly, Sydney: ABC (Vol. 8 No. 21 (8 June 1946)), nla.obj-1334110414, retrieved 12 September 2023 via Trove
  3. "COUNTRY FAMILY PRIZE PLAY". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 33, 551. New South Wales, Australia. 5 July 1945. p. 5. Retrieved 12 September 2023 via National Library of Australia.
  4. "SUNDRY SHOWS.", The bulletin., John Ryan Comic Collection (Specific issues)., Sydney, N.S.W: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald (Vol. 66 No. 3415 (25 Jul 1945)), 1880, ISSN 0007-4039, nla.obj-541304589, retrieved 12 September 2023 via Trove
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