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Written by | Ralph Peterson |
Date premiered | October 1952 |
Original language | English |
Genre | boxing drama |
Setting | London |
The Square Ring is a 1952 play by Ralph Peterson.[1][2]
Premise
The story of several boxers who are fighting on the one night. They include Docker Starkie, a boxer making a comeback.
Background
Peterson wrote an Australian radio play about boxing, Come Out Fighting which aired in 1950.[3]
Peterson moved to London in 1951 and wrote a stage version, The Square Ring, over a three-month period. He sent the play to Anthony Quayle, whom he had met in Sydney when Quayle was touring with the Stratford Players (Quayle had appeared in a radio play written by Peterson about Aboriginal issues, "The Problem of Johnny Flourcake").[4] Quayle was going to put it on himself but then accepted another theatrical tour of Australia so he passed it to H. M. Tennents, the London theatre agency, who agreed to produce it.[5]
After several weeks of rehearsal, the play premiered in Brighton in September 1952 with a mostly male cast but one female, the wife of the central character. Peterson said "the play never seemed to jell. It got wacky and the girl seemed to be distracting attention from the main story." So he made it an all male story. He also changed it by "I've done away with the normal compression of time. The running time of the play is exactly the period it would take a boxer to arrive in his dressing-room, to wait for his bout, and to complete his fight. It goes on without a break."[5][6]
Peterson said "The play's only philosophy is: What makes men fight? The answer is simply — money."[5]
The play debuted in London in October 1952 and was acclaimed.[5][7] It was produced in Melbourne in 1953 at Frank Thring's Arrow Theatre with Thring in the cast.[8] The play received some criticism because of its language[9] but was such a success that the production was transferred to the much larger Princess Theatre.[10]
Joe Louis expressed interest in appearing in a production.[11]
1953 film
The play was the basis of The Square Ring produced at Ealing Studios.
1954 novel
Peterson adapted the play into a novel which was published in 1954.
1959 TV adaptation
See The Square Ring (1959 TV play).
1960 Australian TV adaptation
See 1960 Australian TV adaptation
1965 radio adaptation
The play was adapted for radio in 1965.
Cast
- Dan Crosby
- Max Osbiston
- John Gray
- Edward Hepple
- John Armstrong
- Robert MacDara
- Alastair Duncan
- Richard Meikle
- Ben Gabriel
- James Congdon.
References
- ^ "London Acclaims Australian's Play". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 35, 831. New South Wales, Australia. 23 October 1952. p. 3. Retrieved 8 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (2023). "Ten Old Australian Plays Worthy of Another Look". Filmink. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ "Boxing Story for AR Serial Run". The Age. No. 29612. Victoria, Australia. 24 March 1950. p. 1 (supplement). Retrieved 18 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Shakespearian Actor for Aboriginal Story". The Age. No. 29, 564. Victoria, Australia. 27 January 1950. p. 3 (supplement). Retrieved 12 January 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ a b c d "Sydney Writer's London Stage Hit". The Sunday Herald (Sydney). No. 196. New South Wales, Australia. 26 October 1952. p. 12. Retrieved 8 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Peterson, Ralph (April 2, 1955). "A Play Goes Into Production". ABC Weekly. p. 5.
- ^ "Australian writer's success". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 20, no. 26. Australia. 26 November 1952. p. 31. Retrieved 8 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Australian's new play is based on boxing ring". The Argus (Melbourne). Victoria, Australia. 6 June 1953. p. 16. Retrieved 19 May 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "Police to see lurid ploy". The Sun. New South Wales, Australia. 16 August 1953. p. 7. Retrieved 19 May 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "Play to be transferred". The Herald (Melbourne). No. 23, 760. Victoria, Australia. 21 July 1953. p. 5. Retrieved 12 January 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Louis Wants To Be Actor". The West Australian. Western Australia. 29 January 1954. p. 29. Retrieved 19 May 2020 – via Trove.
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