The Moon Upside Down is a 1942 Australian radio play by Catherine Duncan.[1] Duncan starred in the original production.[2]
The play was popular and was performed again in 1945[3] and 1946.[4]
Premise
edit"The story concerns a group of people chasing, losing and finding happiness in a doubtful world. Laurel, the woman of the world, with her politics and lovers; David, degenerate himself but embittered because he insists on placing the woman he loves on an impossible sentimental pedestal, so wrecking life for both of them; Hans, the Czech refugee with his sad background; Steve, whose wants are simple, and finds satisfaction in the running of a hamburger joint; and Mac and Anne, stable people able to find happiness in content, not seeking it on a peak from which the climber must fall into equally deep abysses of depression these are the main characters."[5]
References
edit- ^ "WEDNESDAY – – OCTOBER 7", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal (October 3, 1942), Sydney: Wireless Press, nla.obj-722547693, retrieved 25 March 2024 – via Trove
- ^ "Here, There & Every where". The Sun News-pictorial. No. 6419. Victoria, Australia. 19 April 1943. p. 4. Retrieved 25 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "RADIO HIGHLIGHTS". The Courier-mail. No. 3535. Queensland, Australia. 5 January 1945. p. 5. Retrieved 25 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "BROADCASTING PROGRAMMES". The Telegraph. Queensland, Australia. 19 July 1946. p. 9 (CITY FINAL LAST MINUTE NEWS). Retrieved 25 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "ABC PROGRAMMES-WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 30", ABC Weekly, Sydney: ABC, 26 September 1942, nla.obj-1329280272, retrieved 25 March 2024 – via Trove
External links
edit- The Moon Upside Down at Ausstage
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