A Sport from Hollowlog Flat

A Sport from Hollowlog Flat
Author Arthur Wright
Country Australia
Language English
Publisher NSW Bookstall Company
Publication date
 1915

A Sport from Hollowlog Flat is a 1915 novel by Arthur Wright.[1] It consisted of a series of short stories he had published previously for various magazines.[2]

Plot

A city clerk is fired due to over fondness for horse racing. He sinks lower and lower, playing two up and even trying to con a visitor from the country, the "sport" from Hollow Log Flat. However the sport takes pity on him and takes him to the bush, where the clerk redeems himself.[3]

Earlier publication

Some of the material had been published prior:

Reception

The Sydney Morning Herald said that "Mr. Wright is quite in his element in his descriptions of construction camps, country race meetings, and tho Iniquities connected therewith, and... he gives us some graphic and occasionally humorous pictures of various phases of life outback."[4]

Theatre Adaptation

A Sport of Hollow Log Flat
Written by Arthur Wright
Date premiered 1927
Original language English
Genre rural comedy

Stage rights were optioned almost immediately by the Bert Bailey Company, which had enjoyed success with adaptations of Australian rural stories, and in 1916 the Company announced it would soon present a stage version of the book.[5][6][7]

However the play did not appear to be produced by Bailey. It emerged in 1927 in a production from William Ayr and his Bush Players, who had worked with E. J. Cole.[8] This production was seen in the bush by Benjamin Fuller when he was on holiday; Fuller liked it and the play transferred to Melbourne in August 1928 for a successful run.[9][10] The production then moved to Sydney and toured around Australia.[11]

One critic described the Melbourne production as "a farcical comedy on very broad lines, with little attempt at character depiction or any convincing atmosphere."[12]

References

  1. ↑ "NEW PUBLICATIONS.". Goulburn Evening Penny Post (NSW: National Library of Australia). 6 March 1915. p. 2 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  2. ↑ "PUBLICATIONS, RECEIVED.". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (National Library of Australia). 16 March 1915. p. 7. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "AUSTRALIAN NOVEL.". The Evening News (Sydney: National Library of Australia). 24 February 1915. p. 4. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  4. ↑ "SOME NEW NOVELS.". The Sydney Morning Herald (National Library of Australia). 20 March 1915. p. 8. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  5. ↑ "On and Off the Stage.". Table Talk (Melbourne: National Library of Australia). 31 August 1916. p. 13. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  6. ↑ "GREENROOM GOSSIP.". Melbourne Punch (Melbourne: National Library of Australia). 14 September 1916. p. 42. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  7. ↑ "AUSTRALIAN PLAYS.". The Sunday Times (Sydney: National Library of Australia). 31 December 1916. p. 17. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  8. ↑ "COLE'S DRAMATIC PLAYERS.". The Canberra Times (ACT: National Library of Australia). 20 January 1927. p. 12. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  9. ↑ "MUSIC AND DRAMA.". The Argus (Melbourne: National Library of Australia). 6 August 1928. p. 15. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  10. ↑ ""THE WHITE TERROR".". The World's News (Sydney: National Library of Australia). 24 July 1929. p. 5. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  11. ↑ "Advertising.". The Evening News (Sydney: National Library of Australia). 31 October 1928. p. 4. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  12. ↑ ""A SPORT FROM HOLLOW LOG FLAT".". Table Talk (Melbourne: National Library of Australia). 9 August 1928. p. 26. Retrieved 28 September 2014.

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