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A Cheery Soul

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Author
  
Patrick White

Copyright date
  
1965

Similar
  
Patrick White books, Other books

A Cheery Soul is a 1963 play by Australian writer Patrick White.

It is a set in the fictional Sydney suburb of Sarsaparilla at the end of the 1950s. White described it as being about "the destructive power of good."

A Cheery Soul premiered at the Union Theatre Repertory Company in Melbourne in November 1963 directed by John Sumner, with Nita Pannell as the 'cheery soul' Miss Docker.

Other major productions have included:

  • 1979 Sydney Theatre Company directed by Jim Sharman starring Robyn Nevin
  • 1992 Royal Queensland Theatre Company (Brisbane) directed by Neil Armfield starring Carole Skinner
  • 2000 Company B Belvoir and Sydney Theatre Company directed by Neil Armfield starring Robyn Nevin
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