The Torrents

The Torrents
Written by Oriel Gray
Date premiered 1955
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]

Adaptations

1956 radio adaptation

It was adapted for radio by the ABC in 1956.[2]

1969 TV adaptation

The Torrents
Production
company
ABC
Release date
 1969
Country Australia
Language English

It was filmed for TV in 1969 as part of the ABC anthology drama series Australian Plays. The production starred Barbara Stephens, Ken Shorter and Alan Hopgood.[3]

Musical adaptation

It was also adapted into the musical A Bit o' Petticoat.[4]

References

  1. ↑ David Fiorovanti, "Oriel Gray, 'playwright of ideas', dies aged 83", The Age, 3 July 2003, accessed 24 January 2013
  2. ↑ "Worth Reporting". The Australian Women's Weekly. 22 February 1956. p. 31. Retrieved 24 January 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "TELEVISION". The Canberra Times. 11 December 1969. p. 33. Retrieved 31 July 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "A Bit o' Petticoat at Australianmusicals.com accessed 24 January 2013


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