On Our Selection (1912 play)
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On Our Selection is a 1912 Australian play by Bert Bailey
and Edmund Duggan
based on the stories of Steele Rudd
. Bailey played Dad Rudd in the original production.
The play was an enormous success and was frequently revived until the 1930s. The 1932 version of On Our Selection
, which starred Bailey, and it's three sequels, owed more to the play than Steele Rudd's original stories. The 1920 version
from director Raymond Longford
was closer to the stories.
The play was revived again in 1979 by director George Whaley
at the Jane Street Theatre with Don Crosby as Dad, Geoffrey Rush
as Dave and Mel Gibson
as Sandy, plus Noni Hazlehurst, Jon Blake, John Clayton and Kerry Walker. This production was later transferred to the Nimrod Theatre.
Bert Bailey
Albert Edward Bailey , better known as Bert Bailey, was a New Zealand-born writer and actor best known for playing Dad Rudd on stage and screen.-Biography:...
and Edmund Duggan
Edmund Duggan (playwright)
Edmund Duggan was an Irish-Australian actor and playwright best known for writing a number of plays with Bert Bailey including The Squatter's Daughter and On Our Selection . His solo career was less successful than Bailey's. His sister Eugenie was known as "The Queen of Melodrama"...
based on the stories of Steele Rudd
Steele Rudd
Steele Rudd was the pseudonym of Arthur Hoey Davis an Australian author, best known for On Our Selection.-Early life:...
. Bailey played Dad Rudd in the original production.
The play was an enormous success and was frequently revived until the 1930s. The 1932 version of On Our Selection
On Our Selection (1932 film)
On Our Selection is a 1932 comedy based on the Dad and Dave stories by Steele Rudd. These had been turned into a popular play by Bert Bailey and Edmund Duggan in 1912, which formed the basis for the screenplay. Bailey repeats his stage role as Dad Rudd. He also write the script with director Ken G...
, which starred Bailey, and it's three sequels, owed more to the play than Steele Rudd's original stories. The 1920 version
On Our Selection (1920 film)
On Our Selection is a 1920 Australian silent film directed by Raymond Longford based on the Dad and Dave stories by Steele Rudd.-Production:...
from director Raymond Longford
Raymond Longford
Raymond Longford was a prolific Australian film director, writer, producer and actor during the silent era. Longford was a major director of the silent film era of the Australian cinema. He formed a production team with Lottie Lyell...
was closer to the stories.
The play was revived again in 1979 by director George Whaley
George Whaley
George Whaley was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.Whaley worked as a baker. He was active in the Ulster Unionist Party, and was elected to the Senate of Northern Ireland in 1940, at the age of eighty, serving for five years....
at the Jane Street Theatre with Don Crosby as Dad, Geoffrey Rush
Geoffrey Rush
Geoffrey Roy Rush is an Australian actor and film producer. He is one of the few people who has won the "Triple Crown of Acting": an Academy Award, a Tony Award and an Emmy Award. He has won one Academy Award for acting , three British Academy Film Awards , two Golden Globe Awards and four Screen...
as Dave and Mel Gibson
Mel Gibson
Mel Colm-Cille Gerard Gibson, AO is an American actor, film director, producer and screenwriter. Born in Peekskill, New York, Gibson moved with his parents to Sydney, Australia when he was 12 years old and later studied acting at the Australian National Institute of Dramatic Art.After appearing in...
as Sandy, plus Noni Hazlehurst, Jon Blake, John Clayton and Kerry Walker. This production was later transferred to the Nimrod Theatre.
External links
- On Our Selection cast in original production at AusstageAusstageAusStage is an online database which records information about live performances in Australia. It provides records of productions from the beginnings of theatre in Australia up to today...
- 1979 Jane St production with Mel Gibson