The 'Dimboola' stage-play by John Hibberd is still performed in the country town of Dimboola in Victoria, Australia, the play being regularly performed there several times a year.
The full complete title of this film's source 'Dimboola' play by John Hibberd is 'Dimboola : a wedding reception play'.
The first performance of this play was an amateur theater production staged on 6 July 1969 at the La Mama Theatre in Carlton, Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. The second production of this play was a professional production by the Australian Performing Group and premiered on 25 April 1973 at the Pram Factory also in Carlton.
John Hibberd's source 'Dimboola' play is said to have been inspired from London, England readings of two plays, Bertolt Brecht's 1919/1926 short play, the comedic farce 'A Respectable Wedding' (Die Kleinbürgerhochzeit, literally: The Petty Bourgeois Wedding) and Anton Chekhov's 1889 one act play, 'The Wedding'.
The concept of this film's source 'Dimboola' play was that the play was an audience participation play and a staged wedding reception. The theater cast were the wedding party whilst the audience were the wedding guests.