The Rising Sun (play)
The Rising Sun (De opgaande zon) is a 1908 Dutch play by Herman Heijermans. The play has often been revived and performed in different countries.[1]
The play was produced for Australian radio in 1942 under a special program called "Plays from the Allies", called a "short series oi plays from Dutch Chinese, Russian and American sources—not necessarily plays which glorify those people but which show something of their native genius."[2]
Leslie Rees, editor of ABC drama, called the play "a drama of character. The relationships are so clear, so authentic and soundly-based. But the touching love of Matthew for his daughter Sonia and of Sonia for her father has something more; it soars. "[3]
The play was produced again by the ABC with Peter Finch in the lead role.[4]
Premise[edit]
ABC Weekly said the play "portrays the troubles of Matthew Strong, whose small business is obliterated by a new and glaring chain store, The Rising Sun, or as Mathew in his refusal to accept setbacks calls it, The Never-Setting Sun. It is the delicate depiction of the love between Matthew and his daughter that gives the play its quality."[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Flaxman, Seymour Lawrence (1954). Herman Heijermans and his dramas. Nijhoff. pp. 52–54.
- ^ a b "No title", ABC Weekly, 4 (29), Sydney, 18 July 1942, retrieved 23 December 2023 – via Trove
- ^ "Plays of the Air Little Shop, What MOW ?", ABC Weekly, 4 (29), Sydney, 18 July 1942, retrieved 23 December 2023 – via Trove
- ^ "Dutch epic over 2UW", ABC Weekly, 9 (37), Sydney, 13 September 1947, retrieved 23 December 2023 – via Trove