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These Positions Vacant is a 1945 Australian stage play by Gwen Meredith.

The play came second in a competition by the Playwrights' Advisory Board.

The Sydney Morning Herald said "The play itself is homely its people ring true and except for one or two static moments they keep the play moving in a country kitchen. The story is rather trite."

The Bulletin said the play "didn’t really grip. In spite of its considerable virtues of humor, naturalness and drama, the great fault of the play lay in its mechanical structure."

Premise

The story of an Australian family at war time.

References

1. "Advertising". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 33, 553. New South Wales, Australia. 7 July 1945. p. 13. Retrieved 12 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
2. "Gwen Meredith is writing Lawsons novel", ABC Weekly, 8 (21), Sydney, 8 June 1946, retrieved 12 September 2023 – via Trove
3. "COUNTRY FAMILY PRIZE PLAY". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 33, 551. New South Wales, Australia. 5 July 1945. p. 5. Retrieved 12 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
4. "Sundry shows", The Bulletin, 66 (3415), Sydney, N.S.W: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 25 Jul 1945, nla.obj-541304589, retrieved 12 September 2023 – via Trove

External links

• These Positions Vacant at Ausstage

• 1940s Australian plays
• Plays set in Australia
• 1945 plays
• Works by Gwen Meredith