Brief description
Russell J. Oake's Enduring as the Camphor Tree forms part of the Campbell Howard Collection of Australian Plays in Manuscript, a resource that provides a unique body of research material concerning Australian drama of the period 1920–55.
Full description
Play Length: Three Acts: Eight Scenes
Setting:
I.i The garden scene.
I.ii The same.
I.iii. Lord Ku's courtyard.
II.i The Evil House.
II.ii The same.
II.iii. The same.
III.i The scene is still the Evil House.
III.ii The exterior of an inn.
Characters:
SHEN LO, a merchant
LORD KU, who seeks to marry Shen Lo's daughter
ESCORT, to Lord Ku
KUNG, the Insect Peddlar, who is also WANG YO SEN, the artist
CHI LIN, friend and neighbour of Shen Lo
PUMELO, Shen Lo's daughter
THE FOX WOMAN, an evil person
THE FOX GODDESS, can be played by the same person as the Fox Woman
INN KEEPER
INN MAID
Notes
NUNE: Campbell Howard Collection.
Created: 1948
Data time period: 1920 to 1955
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