Murray's Diary
An original war-time drama by Mark Wilmott, available to license for your own company's season.
Presented on behalf of the playwright — Mark Wilmott, HTG member. Enquiries are passed on directly; HTG is not a licensing agent.
Synopsis
After acclaimed and sold out seasons in 2025 & 2026 by Highlands Theatre Group, this powerful and compelling new Australian play is now available to license for the first time in Australia and New Zealand.
When the First World War broke out, Murray Aitken, a young Kalgoorlie accountant, was living at home with his widowed mother, Bessie. Like thousands of young Australians, Murray was keen to go on “the great adventure”. He joined the 11th Battalion, AIF. His brother, Frank, who was in Britain at the time, joined a Scottish regiment. As Murray journeyed to Egypt, Gallipoli and the Western Front, he constantly wrote home to Bessie.
Mark Wilmott’s new play is based on Murray’s diary and letters, and reveals the Aitken family’s very dramatic story as it unfolded during the tumultuous years of “the war to end wars”.
Murray’s Diary goes to the heart of why, after all this time, Anzac Day remains so important to us. It tells a compelling story of courage, ambition and the unbreakable bond between a mother and her sons. It is truly an Anzac story.
Casting Information
From the 2025 Season
