The Rising Sun (De opgaande zon) is a 1908 Dutch play by Herman Heijermans. The play has often been revived and performed in different countries.
The play was produced for Australian radio in 1942 under a special program called "Plays from the Allies", called a "short series oi plays from Dutch Chinese, Russian and American sources—not necessarily plays which glorify those people but which show something of their native genius."
Leslie Rees, editor of ABC drama, called the play "a drama of character. The relationships are so clear, so authentic and soundly-based. But the touching love of Matthew for his daughter Sonia and of Sonia for her father has something more; it soars. "
The play was produced again by the ABC with Peter Finch in the lead role.
Premise
ABC Weekly said the play "portrays the troubles of Matthew Strong, whose small business is obliterated by a new and glaring chain store, The Rising Sun, or as Mathew in his refusal to accept setbacks calls it, The Never-Setting Sun. It is the delicate depiction of the love between Matthew and his daughter that gives the play its quality."
References
- Flaxman, Seymour Lawrence (1954). Herman Heijermans and his dramas. Nijhoff. pp. 52–54.
- ^ "No title", ABC Weekly, 4 (29), Sydney, 18 July 1942, retrieved 23 December 2023 – via Trove
- "Plays of the Air Little Shop, What MOW ?", ABC Weekly, 4 (29), Sydney, 18 July 1942, retrieved 23 December 2023 – via Trove
- "Dutch epic over 2UW", ABC Weekly, 9 (37), Sydney, 13 September 1947, retrieved 23 December 2023 – via Trove