A Sirius Cove

A Sirius Cove is a 1935 Australian comedy play by Lionel Shave.[1]

A Sirius Cove
Written byLionel Shave
Date premiered11 September 1935
Original languageEnglish
Genrecomedy
SettingBellvue Hill, Sydney

The play was one of the most highly regarded of the 1930s.[2]

The play was broadcast on Australian radio in 1938 as part of the ABC's Drama Week.[3]

It was broadcast on radio in England, South Africa and New Zealand.[4]

It was published in 1948 in a collection of Shave's one act plays.[5]

Reviewing the 1938 production, Wireless Weekly said "The obvious denouement creaked, but creaked pleasantly like Granny’s rocking- chair; you were pleased the dear old thing was still enjoying life. But too long. The creaking went on long after Granny’s bed-time. I was yawn-ing, and saying to myself, “Is she going to keep me up all night?”"[6]

Premise

According to the ABC the play "satirises in a frolicksome way contemporary Bellevue Hill society. The comedy also pokes fun at those who attempt to deny the early Australian con-vict background."[7]

A man descended from a convict turns up at a Bellevue House owned by Mr and mrs Pilcarrow-Browne, who are anxious that their daughter Mercia should marry well.

References
  1. "AMATEUR PLAYWRIGHTS IN COMPETITION". Sydney Mail. Vol. XLVIII, no. 1229. New South Wales, Australia. 16 October 1935. p. 21. Retrieved 19 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. Australasian Radio Relay League., "Australian Plays For Stage", The wireless weekly : the hundred per cent Australian radio journal, Sydney: Wireless Press (Vol. 35 No. 11 (March 16, 1940)), nla.obj-718411736, retrieved 19 October 2023 – via Trove
  3. "BROADCASTING FIRST WIRELESS WAVES". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 31, 306. New South Wales, Australia. 4 May 1938. p. 9. Retrieved 19 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. Australasian Radio Relay League., "PLAYWRIGHTS OF AUSTRALIA RADIO SUCCESS OVERSEAS", The wireless weekly : the hundred per cent Australian radio journal, Sydney: Wireless Press (Vol. 35 No. 36 (September 7, 1940)), nla.obj-720117655, retrieved 19 October 2023 – via Trove
  5. "Proven Plays". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 34, 463. New South Wales, Australia. 5 June 1948. p. 6. Retrieved 19 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. Australasian Radio Relay League., "Between You and Me and the Microphone THEY CUT HIS HAIR", The wireless weekly : the hundred per cent Australian radio journal, Sydney: Wireless Press (Vol. 31 No. 22 (June 3, 1938)), nla.obj-714445799, retrieved 19 October 2023 – via Trove
  7. Australasian Radio Relay League., "RADIO DRAMA WEEK Details of the Plays", The wireless weekly : the hundred per cent Australian radio journal, Sydney: Wireless Press (Vol. 31 No. 18 (May 6, 1938)), nla.obj-714402064, retrieved 19 October 2023 – via Trove
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