Breaker Morant (play)

Breaker Morant: A Play in Two Acts is an Australian play written by Kenneth G. Ross, centred on the court-martial and the last days of Lieutenant Harry "Breaker" Morant (1864–1902) of the Bushveldt Carbineers (BVC), that was first performed at the Athenaeum Theatre, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, on Thursday, 2 February 1978, by the Melbourne Theatre Company.

For the film directed by Bruce Beresford based on this play, see Breaker Morant (film).
Breaker Morant
"Breaker" Morant
Written byKenneth G. Ross
Characters
  • Lieutenant Morant
  • Lieutenant Witton
  • Lieutenant Handcock
  • President of the Court-Martial
  • Dr. Johnson
  • Mr. Robinson
  • Colonel Hamilton
  • Major Thomas
  • Lord Kitchener
  • Sgt-Major Drummitt
  • Trooper Botha
  • Captain Taylor
  • Corporal Sharp
  • Van Rooyan
  • Interrogators
  • Military personnel
Date premiered2 February 1978
Place premieredAthenaeum Theatre
Melbourne, Victoria
Original languageEnglish
SubjectThe Boer Wars, Courts-martial, Military justice, Summary execution
GenreDrama
SettingSouth Africa.

Described at the time as an "interesting, though underwritten biographical study", the first performance of the play was directed and designed by John Sumner, the founding director of the Melbourne Theatre Company.

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