Glencoe is a 1947 narrative poem by Douglas Stewart about the Massacre of Glencoe. In sixteen parts, it ranks among Stewart's best known works.[1][2]
It was published in 1948.[3]
The Sydney Morning Herald criticised some of the play's history but praised the poetry saying "But the faults of Stewart's hit and miss history bear no relation to the quality of the'poetry. The genre he has chosen is handled without blemish and thc texture is even from first to last... with an elongated narrative to recount Stewart has struck gold with this manner."[4]
The poem was performed on radio by the ABC in 1948 and the BBC in 1955.[5][6]
References
- ^ Indyk, Ivor, "Douglas Alexander Stewart (1913–1985)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 2023-10-23
- ^ "The Heroic Impulse in Man", ABC Weekly, 21 (30), Sydney, 29 July 1959, retrieved 23 October 2023 – via Trove
- ^ "Current Verse". The West Australian. Vol. 64, no. 19, 197. Western Australia. 24 January 1948. p. 19. Retrieved 23 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "The Campbells Are Coming". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 34, 349. New South Wales, Australia. 24 January 1948. p. 6. Retrieved 23 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "New South Wales Radio Programmes SUnday, February 8 A.B.C. Details", ABC Weekly, 10 (6), Sydney: Australian Broadcasting Commission, 7 February 1948, retrieved 23 October 2023 – via Trove
- ^ "BBC Programme Index". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. 1955-08-31. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
External links
- Glencoe at AustLit
- Extracts from poem at the Bulletin
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