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LOUIS ESSON (1879 - 1943) |
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Nationality: Australian Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Louis Esson (1879-1943), influenced by W.B. Yeats, pursued the idea of Australian folk drama on the model of the Abbey Theatre in Dublin. Esson met W. B. Yeats and J. M. Synge while travelling, and both advised him, against his inclination, to stick to Australian subjects. Esson worked to establish a nationalist drama in which themes of working-class urban and bush life would become the basis for great international artistic achievements. After a second overseas trip (1916-1921) he founded the Pioneer Players with Hilda Bull (his second wife), Vance Palmer and others. The amateur company strove to bring Australian plays to the public and Esson struggled to supply most of its repertoire in 1922-23. Its last production was Esson's The Bride of Gospel Place in 1926. The Time Is Not Yet Ripe (1912), a political comedy, is his best known work. He turned his back on its early Shavian style to write simple 'country comedies' and dramas of the hard life in the outback. Dead Timber (1911), a gloomy picture of life on a small selection, The Drovers (1923) and Mother and Son (1923) set the tone for much of the grim outback drama of the 1930s and 1940s. Esson leant towards comedy in The Woman Tamer (1910), The Sacred Place (1912) and The Bride of Gospel Place, colourful portraits of low life in inner Melbourne. He died in 1943.
Plays by Louis Esson
Battler, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Playhouse, Melbourne | 18 May 1922 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #127479 | |||
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Bride Of Gospel Place, The | ||
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| 1st Published: | in The southern cross and other plays, Melbourne : Robertson & Mullens, 1946 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #91340 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | large cast | |||||
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Dead Timber | ||
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| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Dead Timber and Other Plays" published by Hendersons, London 1920 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #127480 | |||
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Drovers, The | ||
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| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Modern Short Plays" published by Angus and Robertson 1951 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #127481 | |||
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Genre: | One act | |||||
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Mother And Son | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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| 1st Published: | in The southern cross and other plays, Melbourne : Robertson & Mullens, 1946 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #91341 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 3 | ||
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Sacred Place, The | ||
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| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Dead Timber and Other Plays" published by Hendersons, London 1920 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #127482 | |||
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Southern Cross, The | ||
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| 1st Published: | in The southern cross and other plays, Melbourne : Robertson & Mullens, 1946 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #91342 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
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Parts other: | large cast | |||||
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Time Is Not Yet Ripe, The | ||
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| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 9780868198453 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #91343 | |||
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Genre: | Historical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 13 | Female | 5 | ||
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| A high-life political comedy from 1912 in which the forces of socialism, feminism and conservatism fight out an election and an engagement to marry. | |||||
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Woman Tamer, The | ||
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| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Dead Timber and Other Plays" published by Hendersons, London 1920 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #127483 | |||
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