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'The Trouble with Harry', the story of Eugenia Falleni, the notorious 'ManWoman' of Sydney in the early 1900's, is a thrilling new play by award winning Australian playwright Lachlan Philpott [Colder/ 'Silent Disco']. Falleni enjoys a unique place in Sydney’s bawdy history and her story continues to fascinate. An Italian immigrant, Falleni lived much of her life as a man - Harry Crawford - and served time in prison for the murder of her own wife. Developed as part of the PlayWriting Australia National Script Workshop, this work takes an idiosyncratic look at the Falleni story, questions versions of this history and looks at contemporary debates and assumptions surrounding gender.' (Source: http://www.cre8ion.com.au/TroubleWithHarry.php)
Adaptations
- form y The Trouble with Harry ( dir. Shannon Murphy ) Australia : 2017 10434181 2017 single work film/TV
Production Details
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First performed as a play reading at the upcoming World Theatre Festival in Brisbane in 2012.
Premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London 2013
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Where Angels Fear to Tread
2013
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 15-16 June 2013; (p. 10-11)
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Where Angels Fear to Tread
2013
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 15-16 June 2013; (p. 10-11)
Awards
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2017
nominated
Sydney Theatre Awards
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Best Direction of an Independent Production
(Kate Gaul, for the 2017 Siren Theatre / Seymour Centre production)
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2017
nominated
Sydney Theatre Awards
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Best Independent Production
(2017 Siren Theatre / Seymour Centre production)
- 2016 shortlisted Western Australian Premier's Book Awards — Premier's Prize for an Emerging Writer
- 2015 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting