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It is arguably the best known play from Porter, who Leslie Rees said "has an unusually precise ear for sound, and some psychological understanding, though critics have objected that his plays are fragmentary." Rees called the play "An engaging period trifle."
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A man and his wife are visited by the bushranger
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227:"Programme Hightlights – What's on This Week"
129:Six Australian one-act plays by Louis Esson
185:– via National Library of Australia.
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