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Lovers' Leap by Phillip Johnson
This play was "recycled" from 1959 and had three of the original five cast members from the 1959 production. It was produced by June Colquhoun and was the Wyong Drama Group entry in the 1963 Country Drama Festival as sponsored by the NSW Arts Council. It's not precisely clear which month this play was produced, however the NSW Country Drama Festival finals for 1963 were held in May, so this play would have been produced at least a month before then. We have estimated it to be some time in April 1963, however this is only an estimate. Two sisters, Helen and Sarah, seem to have come from queer stock. All their aunts have been in the divorce court or some other place of trouble. Helen's husband, Roger, worn out by her tantrums, has left her and been spending the past seven years among the tombs and pyramids of Egypt. When he reappears in the play he finds her as difficult as ever. Sarah is loved by a quiet steady young fellow, Cedric Norreys, and returns his affection after a fashion, not having made up her mind whether she prefers to marry him or live with him as his mistress, an idea which Cedric, a decent young man, much dislikes. How Helen contrives to bring about their marriage using Roger as an unwilling accomplice leads to the amusing and most unexpected climax. Lovers' Leap Programme (pdf file, 312,468 bytes) 1963 Arts Council Play Competition Programme (pdf file, 221,461 bytes)
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