A Hard God
Written byPeter Kenna
CharactersDan
Aggie
Joe
Jack
Monica
Date premiered17 August 1973
Place premieredNimrod Theatre, Sydney
Original languageEnglish
SettingSydney 1946

A Hard God is a semi-autobiographical play by Peter Kenna.[1]

The initial production starred Gloria Dawn, a vaudeville star who had been persuaded to appear in a "straight" role in Kenna's The Slaughter of St Teresa's Day.[2]

The play was very popular and has come to be regarded as an Australian classic.[3]

It was published by Currency Press in 1974.

Select Key Productions

  • May-June 1974 - Melbourne Theatre company in association with Elizabethan Theatre Trust

1974 Film

A Hard God
Directed byCarl Schultz
John Bell
Written byPeter Kenna
Production
company
Nimrod Theatre
Distributed byABC
Release dates
  • 26 October 1974 (1974-10-26) (Sydney)[4]
  • 2 November 1974 (1974-11-02)[5]
Running time
120 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

The Nimrod Theatre version of the play was directed by John Bell. This was filmed by the ABC in 1974.[6][2] Carl Shutlz directed the production, which had been done on stage under the direction of John Bell.[7]

It was one of a number of stage productions the ABC presented in the early 1970s along with Hamlet, The Misanthrope, and Spoiled.

Cast

1981 Film

A Hard God
Directed byWilliam Fitzwater
Written byPeter Kenna
Produced byAlan Burke
Production
company
ABC
Distributed byABC
Release date
  • 1981 (1981)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

The play was adapted for TV again by the ABC in 1981 for the Australian Theatre Festival.[8][9]

Cast

References

  1. ↑ Leslie Rees, Australian Drama in the 1970s, Angus & Robertson, 1978 p 192-194
  2. 1 2 "Gloria Dawn in straight drama role". The Sydney Morning Herald TV Guide. 21 October 1974. p. 1.
  3. ↑ Richard Waterhouse, 'Kenna, Peter Joseph (1930–1987)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University accessed 10 January 2013
  4. ↑ "TV Guide". The Sydney Morning Herald. 21 October 1974. p. 25.
  5. ↑ "Aggie's Rebellion". The Age TV Guide. 31 October 1974. p. 4.
  6. ↑ A Hard God 1974 production at National Film and Sound Archive
  7. ↑ "TV Guide". The Age. 31 October 1974. p. 42.
  8. ↑ Ed Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p78
  9. ↑ "PRODUCTION notes". The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. 6 August 1980. p. 146 Supplement: FREE Your TV Magazine. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
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