Break in the Music is a 1966 Australian play by Alan Seymour. It was his first produced play following The One Day of the Year.

The play made its world premiere at the 1966 Perth Festival.[1] Director George Ogilvie discussed the play with Seymour in London then went to Perth to direct it.[2]

The Sydney Morning Herald said "it seems more fitted for the TV than the stage."[3]

The Bulletin called it "basically a good play, attractively fashioned in an untidy way. "[4]

The play was later given a season in Sydney in 1971. According to Leslie Rees, critics of the play had many of the same comments about the play:

Lack of basic dramatic tension, reluctance of the scenes to hang together, an irritating self-consciousness of tone. At the same time they praised the author’s undoubted mastery of very natural and humorous dialogue, and some of the more earthy characterization. But the apparent purposelessness of existence, the loneliness of human beings, the mediocrity of life in general seemed to corrode the author’s spirit, without inspiring him to an adequate construction for the theatre.[5]

Premise

A journalist returns to his hometown to write a novel and remembers the past.

References

  1. ↑ "Our best play but...". The Sydney Morning Herald. 11 December 1965. p. 13.
  2. ↑ "Leisure TV Drams Music Art Books Radio The Arts 1966 Festival of Perth". The Canberra Times. Vol. 40, no. 11, 351. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 30 December 1965. p. 9. Retrieved 8 January 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "Flashback to family". The Sydney Morning Herald. 18 February 1966. p. 10.
  4. ↑ "Speaking for Itself", The bulletin. (Vol. 88 No. 4486 (26 Feb 1966)), ISSN 0007-4039, nla.obj-702131973, retrieved 8 January 2024 – via Trove
  5. ↑ Rees, Leslie (1987). Australian drama, 1970-1985 : a historical and critical survey. p. 329.
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