We live in a world where, without conflict, there is no entertainment. It is a convention of drama that there must be conflict between characters in order for it to be entertaining, and thus be successful. We can consider a text to be successful if the playwright is able to convey a view of a theme or issue to the audience that challenges our views as he or she originally intended. Through the conflicting views …showed first 75 words of 1404 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1404 total…opinions, there is one character who will challenge it; Alf is strongly for the meaning of Anzac Day, Hughie is strongly against it, and Dot is the non-committal mediator. If the definition of a successful drama is that the playwright challenges our point of view, well then The One Day of the Year is clearly an example of a successful drama, regardless of whether you, "don't wanna avea cuppa tea," or you're a "bloody Australian".