Buy Me Blue Ribbons

Buy Me Blue Ribbons
Written by	Sumner Locke Elliott
Date premiered	17 October 1951
Place premiered	Empire Theatre, New York
Original language	English
Genre	farce

Buy Me Blue Ribbons was a 1951 play by Australian writer Sumner Locke Elliott. It was one of the few Broadway plays to be written by an Australian.^[1]

The original production was co produced by the actor Jay Robinson, who also appeared in the cast.^[2]

The play was not well received critically and only ran 13 performances.^[3][4] However it was played in Sydney in 1953^[5] and adapted for television in 1954.

References

1. "Australian Makes Broadway.". The Sunday Herald (Sydney, NSW : 1949 - 1953). Sydney, NSW: National Library of Australia. 8 July 1951. p. 4. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
2. "For Locke-Elliott.". The Sunday Herald (Sydney, NSW : 1949 - 1953). Sydney, NSW: National Library of Australia. 23 September 1951. p. 11. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
3. "No Blue Ribbons For Locke-Elliott.". The Sunday Herald (Sydney, NSW : 1949 - 1953). Sydney, NSW: National Library of Australia. 21 October 1951. p. 11. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
4. "It's "A Flop," Says Sydney Playwright.". The Sunday Herald (Sydney, NSW : 1949 - 1953). Sydney, NSW: National Library of Australia. 28 October 1951. p. 4. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
5. "Programmes and People.". The Sunday Herald (Sydney, NSW : 1949 - 1953). Sydney, NSW: National Library of Australia. 19 April 1953. p. 14. Retrieved 10 January 2013.

External links

• Buy Me Blue Ribbons at the Internet Broadway Database
• Buy Me Blue Ribbons at the Internet Movie Database