Pioneer Players: The Lives of Louis and Hilda Esson
This is a dual biography, the story of Louis Esson, the distinguished playwright who has been called 'the father of Australian drama', and his wife Hilda, who did her own pioneering in the theatre and in public health. The plays they wrote and performed reflected the drama of their lives: creative angst, intellectual conflict, untimely death, romantic entanglement, jealousy and despair. Yet Peter Fitzpatrick's book is more than a good read. As a critical appraisal of Louis Esson's plays and...
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This is a dual biography, the story of Louis Esson, 'the father of Australian drama', and his wife Hilda, who did her own pioneering in the theatre and in public health.
Prologue,1. Bohemia; 2. Ormond; 3. Emerald; 4. Broadway; 5. Bloomsbury; 6. Various Stages; 7. Mallacoota; 8. Carlton; 9. Hawthorn; 10. Various Suburbs; 11. Sydney, 12. Hampton; Epilogue.
