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'Three-act play that satirises the excesses of the 1980s in Australia. It presents a cruelly funny portrait of an entrepreneurial operator, Laurie, the rags-to-riches takeover king of the decade. Includes a postscript and the program for the first production, held at Melbourne's Playbox Theatre in July 1993.'
Source: Currency Press ed.
Production Details
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First produced by the Playbox Theatre Centre, CUB Malthouse, South Melbourne, 27 July 1993.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Best Stage Performances of 2019
2019
single work
column
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 21 December - 24 January 2019-2020;'While Australian artists face challenging times, brilliant work is still being staged.'
- y The Theatre of Louis Nowra Strawberry Hills : Currency Press , 1998 Z543914 1998 single work criticism
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'More Character-Driven' : An Interview with Louis Nowra
Veronica Kelly
(interviewer),
1995
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criticism
interview
— Appears in: Coppertales : A Journal of Rural Arts , no. 2 1995; (p. 78-92) -
Chasing the Cowboys
1994
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review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 3 January 1994; (p. 19)
— Review of The Temple 1993 single work drama -
Familiarity, Greeds, Contempt
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 3 January 1994; (p. 11)
— Review of The Temple 1993 single work drama
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[Review] The Temple [and] The Adman
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , October no. 25 1994; (p. 199-201)
— Review of The Temple 1993 single work drama ; The Adman 1991 single work drama -
Expose of the '80s We Had to Have
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 1 August 1993; (p. 7)
— Review of The Temple 1993 single work drama -
A Rake's Progress Through the Business World of the '80s
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 29 July 1993; (p. 17)
— Review of The Temple 1993 single work drama -
[Review] The Temple
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 30 July 1993; (p. 8)
— Review of The Temple 1993 single work drama -
House of Mirrors
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 10 August vol. 115 no. 5882 1993; (p. 83-84)
— Review of The Temple 1993 single work drama -
Plots in Search of a Narrative
1994
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Sydney Review , January-February no. 61 1994; (p. 14) -
The Chaos of Greed
1993
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prose
— Appears in: The Age , 24 July 1993; (p. 11) -
Nowra's Hard Look at the '80s
1993
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 25 July 1993; (p. 7) -
An Evening of Crime and Culture
1994
single work
prose
humour
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 15 March vol. 116 no. 5911 1994; (p. 98) - y The Theatre of Louis Nowra Strawberry Hills : Currency Press , 1998 Z543914 1998 single work criticism
Awards
- 1994 winner ASAL Awards — ALS Gold Medal
- 1994 winner Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — Prize for Drama
- 1993 winner Victorian Green Room Awards — Best New Australian Play
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cAustralia,c
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