''Sky without Birds'' is a 1952 Australian stage play by

Oriel Gray Oriel Holland Bennett (26 March 1920 – 30 June 2003) known by pen name Oriel Gray, was an Australian dramatist, playwright and screenwriter who wrote from the 1940s to 1990s. The major themes of her work were gender equality and "social and po ...

. The play made its debut at the New Theatre in Sydney. It was then produced in Adelaide and Brisbane.

Radio adaptation

The play was adapted for radio by the ABC in 1952. The play was produced again in 1957. Leslie Rees called it "a courageous tackling of a current social theme, with sensitive writing and feeling, but (in the stage version) too sluggish a movement towards a resolution. In the radio version, it played well."

Premise

At a railway settlement on the Nullabor Plain, a group of Australians is joined by an immigrant, who is Jewish. He falls in love with a married woman.

References

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External links

''Sky without Birds''
at Ausstage
''Sky Without Birds'' radio play, including complete text
at AustLit (subscription required) 1950s Australian plays 1952 Australian radio dramas Plays by Oriel Gray Australian plays adapted for radio Australian radio dramas set in Western Australia