A Sirius Cove

A Sirius Cove is a 1935 Australian comedy play by Lionel Shave.

The play was one of the most highly regarded of the 1930s.

The play was broadcast on Australian radio in 1938 as part of the ABC's Drama Week.

It was broadcast on radio in England, South Africa and New Zealand.

It was published in 1948 in a collection of Shave's one act plays.

Reviewing the 1938 production, Wireless Weekly said "The obvious denouement creaked, but creaked pleasantly like Granny’s rocking- chair; you were pleased the dear old thing was still enjoying life. But too long. The creaking went on long after Granny’s bed-time. I was yawn-ing, and saying to myself, “Is she going to keep me up all night?”"

Premise
According to the ABC the play "satirises in a frolicksome way contemporary Bellevue Hill society. The comedy also pokes fun at those who attempt to deny the early Australian con-vict background."

A man descended from a convict turns up at a Bellevue House owned by Mr and mrs Pilcarrow-Browne, who are anxious that their daughter Mercia should marry well.