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- Australian Drama Since 1920 : Introduction, single work criticism (p. ix-xxv)
- Letters from Esson to Vance Palmer, single work correspondence (p. 12-24)
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The One Day of the Year,
single work
drama
'Undoubtedly one of Australia's favourite plays, the One Day of the Year explores the universal theme of father-son conflict against the background of the beery haze and the heady, nostalgic sentimentality of Anzac Day. It is a play to make us question a standard institution - Anzac Day, the sacred cow among Australian annual celebrations - but it is the likeability and genuineness of the characters that give the play its memorable qualities: Alf, the nobody who becomes a somebody on this day of days; Mum, the anchor of the family; Hughie, their son, with all the uncertainties and rebelliousness of youth; and Wacka, the Anzac, with his simple, healing wisdom.'
(Description from publishers website)
- Seymour on 'The One Day of the Year', single work criticism (p. 83)
- Seymour as ABC 'Guest of Honour', single work criticism (p. 84)
- Autobiographical Article: Encounters with the Great: Prime Minister, single work criticism (p. 85-90)
- What if You Died Tomorrow, single work drama humour (p. 93-140)
- Williamson on 'What if You Died Tomorrow', single work criticism (p. 141-142)
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Dave Jones Talks with David Williamson,
Dave Jones
(interviewer),
single work
criticism
interview
(p. 143-146)
Note: Title: From a 'Cinema Papers' Interview
- From a 'Cleo' Interview, Anne Yuille (interviewer), single work criticism interview (p. 147-148)
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The Golden Lover,
single work
radio play
humour
Author's Introduction: This play is not merely a comedy of love, or an evocation of New Zealand, or the dramatization of a Maori legend; it also seeks to express what I must call a view or vision of life. ... I was looking through James Cowan's charming little Fairy Folk Tales of the Maori when I came across the chapter which Cowan calls "Whanawhana of the Bush": the legend of The Golden Lover. The whole play thereupon flashed into my mind complete.'
Introduction by Douglas Stewart. (1962: 8, 10).
Note: Also includes 'Glossary and Guide to Pronunciation' (pp.212-213); 'Introduction to The Golden Lover by Douglas Stewart' (pp.214-217) and 'The Playwright in Australia' by Douglas Stewart (218-219). - Introduction to 'The Golden Lover', single work criticism (p. 214-217)
- The Playwright in Australia, single work criticism (p. 218-219)
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Lindsay's Boy,
single work
film/TV
'World War II soldier Jim Lindsay tries to restore family rapport with his resentful motherless son, Kevin.'
Source:
[Television guide], The Canberra Times, 4 July 1974, p.13
- Roberts on 'Lindsay's Boy', single work criticism (p. 274)
- Roberts on Writing for Television, single work criticism (p. 275-276)
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The Drovers : A Play in One Act,
single work
drama
"Life in the bush is hot, hard and not for the faint-hearted. Under the extreme sun of Northern frontier country a pack of itinerant drovers thrive in the land they call home. A freak stampede brings ‘Briglow’ Bill and his mates face to face with mortality and their masculinity and mateship are tested. All the while, Pidgeon, a young Aboriginal boy, watches the white fellows. He sees something the drovers cannot speak of and, for Briglow, this silence is as stifling yet as familiar and as comforting as the heat that surrounds them all.
The Drovers is a bush drama that is rich with tension, grim stoicism and heightened masculinity of the, notably, all-male characters. Clipped sentences and straight-talking speak of the no-nonsense attitude necessary to survive in the remote bush of the 1920s. The play draws us to the campfire where, in light and heat, we see the relationships the drovers experience: between each other, between white man and Aboriginal man, between man and land and, finally, the ultimate and unavoidable relationship: a man’s connection with life and death."
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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On an Australian Selection
1998
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: UQP : The Writer's Press 1948-1998 1998; (p. 159-170) -
Plays Not Meant to be Read
1978
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 11 April vol. 99 no. 5103 1978; (p. 58, 61)
— Review of Five Plays for Stage, Radio and Television 1977 anthology drama criticism autobiography ; A Critical History of South Australian Literature 1836-1930 1978 multi chapter work criticism -
Untitled
1977
single work
review
— Appears in: Theatre Australia , May vol. 2 no. 1 1977; (p. 79)
— Review of Five Plays for Stage, Radio and Television 1977 anthology drama criticism autobiography -
More Aids for the Aust. Lit. Industry
1977
single work
review
— Appears in: LiNQ , vol. 5 no. 3 1977; (p. 77-84)
— Review of Five Plays for Stage, Radio and Television 1977 anthology drama criticism autobiography ; Australian Literature : A Reference Guide 1977 single work bibliography ; The Literature of Australia 1964 anthology criticism biography bibliography ; Bards, Bohemians, and Bookmen : Essays in Australian Literature 1976 anthology criticism ; Radical Cousins : Nineteenth Century American and Australian Writers 1976 single work criticism ; Australian Voices : Poetry and Prose of the 1970s 1975 single work ; A.L.S. Working Papers : An Unprofessional Journal vol. 2 no. 2 1977 periodical issue ; Another One For Mary vol. 1 no. 4 March - April 1977 periodical issue
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More Aids for the Aust. Lit. Industry
1977
single work
review
— Appears in: LiNQ , vol. 5 no. 3 1977; (p. 77-84)
— Review of Five Plays for Stage, Radio and Television 1977 anthology drama criticism autobiography ; Australian Literature : A Reference Guide 1977 single work bibliography ; The Literature of Australia 1964 anthology criticism biography bibliography ; Bards, Bohemians, and Bookmen : Essays in Australian Literature 1976 anthology criticism ; Radical Cousins : Nineteenth Century American and Australian Writers 1976 single work criticism ; Australian Voices : Poetry and Prose of the 1970s 1975 single work ; A.L.S. Working Papers : An Unprofessional Journal vol. 2 no. 2 1977 periodical issue ; Another One For Mary vol. 1 no. 4 March - April 1977 periodical issue -
Untitled
1977
single work
review
— Appears in: Theatre Australia , May vol. 2 no. 1 1977; (p. 79)
— Review of Five Plays for Stage, Radio and Television 1977 anthology drama criticism autobiography -
Plays Not Meant to be Read
1978
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 11 April vol. 99 no. 5103 1978; (p. 58, 61)
— Review of Five Plays for Stage, Radio and Television 1977 anthology drama criticism autobiography ; A Critical History of South Australian Literature 1836-1930 1978 multi chapter work criticism -
On an Australian Selection
1998
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: UQP : The Writer's Press 1948-1998 1998; (p. 159-170)