Morning Sacrifice

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| writer = Dymphna Cusack

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| premiere = 8 October 1942{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47350679 |title="MORNING SACRIFICE." |newspaper=The West Australian |volume=58 |issue=17,552 |location=Western Australia |date=9 October 1942 |accessdate=25 July 2023 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}

| place = Perth Repertory Theatre

| orig_lang = English

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| subject = Women, education

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Morning Sacrifice is a 1942 Australian stage play by Dymphna Cusack. It was based on Cusack's experience as a school teacher.{{cite web|url=https://resource.acu.edu.au/siryan/Academy/texts/morning_sacrifice.htm|title=Morning Sacrific|website=Australian Catholic University}}

It was published in 1944 and has been revived a number of times.Lloyd, V. (1987). Dymphna cusack's "morning sacrifice". Australasian Drama Studies, 0(10), 67.{{cite web|url=https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2001/08/morn-a08.html|website=World Socialist Website|title=Australian play from the 1930s strikes a contemporary chord|first=Erika|last= Zimmer|date=8 August 2001}}

The play is one of Cusack's major works.{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/australiandrama10000rees/page/192/mode/1up?|page=192-193|title= Australian drama, 1970-1985 : a historical and critical survey|last=Rees|first= Leslie|year=1987 }}

Premise

At an all girls' school, three teachers who defend a girl who was kissing a boy are destroyed.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133425915 |title=Dymphna Cusack Play |newspaper=Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate |issue=20,972 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=24 December 1943 |accessdate=25 July 2023 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}