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Present Again

Present Again is a 1952 Australian play by Maurice Francis. It premiered at the Independent Theatre in Sydney. It was produced by the Dramatic Group of Liberal Party Youth Clubs.

Premise

A story at a Sydney mansion in 1819 and 1952. In 1819 a father is being blackmailed by his children over his extra-marital escapades. In 1952 a married woman is having an affair.

Original cast

  • Anita Greenslade
  • John Parker
  • Alex Ground

Reception

The Sydney Morning Herald said "The play begins with fair promise as a period piece, but Mr Francis soon abandons these pretentions to costumed style and elegance, and allows his imagination to ramble waywardly downhill towards the humour standards of hard-working concert parties and the desperate topicalities of a musical comedy funnyman morbidly hungry for laughs. And, to give Mr Francis his due, he gets more laughs than he misses."

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