The Slaughter of St Teresa's Day
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The Slaughter of St. Teresa's Day is a play by Australian author Peter Kenna.
It won a prize in 1958 and was produced in Sydney the following year by the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust.[1]
Kenna revised the play in 1972.[2]
Adaptations
It was adapted for TV by the ABC in 1960 and by the BBC in 1962.
1960 Australian TV Adaptations
It was filmed by the ABC on 23 March 1960 at a time when local drama production was rare.
Cast
- Annette Andre as Thelma
- Alma Butterfield as Essie Farrell
- Neva Carr Glyn as Oola Maguire
- Gordon Glenwright as Charlie Gibson
- Nat Levison as Barney Doyle
- Mary Mackay as Sister Mary Luke
- Rodney Milgate as Whitey
- Moya O'Sullivan as Sister Mary Mark
- Wendy Playfair as Wilma Cartwright
- Walter Sullivan as Horrie Darcel
- Frank Waters as Uncle Paddy
References
- ↑ Richard Waterhouse, 'Kenna, Peter Joseph (1930–1987)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/kenna-peter-joseph-12727/text22951, published first in hardcopy 2007, accessed online 3 April 2015.
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