The Sunny Corner is a 1915 Australian stage play by Temple Harrison that was originally produced by William Anderson.
[2] Opening night was a notorious disaster with several audience members laughing throughout, yelling at the actors to "get off" and throwing coins and lemonade bottles on stage.
This caused Harrison to abuse them from the stage at the end of the performance, saying he had never seen anything like it in a twenty five-year career, and asking why they were not at the war front.
"[5] The Sydney Referee said the play "requires a little pruning where it is inclined to drag" but felt it "was not intrinsically a poor play, and there was no need to go the extent they did towards actors and actresses.
"[10] Inhabitants try to revive the fortunes of a small town by looking for a gold reef.