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Richard Beynon Richard Beynon i(A30358 works by)
Born: Established: 28 Mar 1925 Carlton, Parkville - Carlton area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria, ; Died: Ceased: 1999 London,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,
Gender: Male
Expatriate assertion Departed from Australia: 1947
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1 1 y separately published work icon Simpson, J. 202 Richard Beynon , Paddington : Currency Press , 1991 Z113452 1991 single work drama war literature
1 y separately published work icon Summer Shadows : A Play in Two Acts Richard Beynon , Sydney : Currency Press Spoleto Melbourne Festival of Three Worlds , 1986 Z173217 1986 single work drama
1 y separately published work icon Time Me From Now Richard Beynon , 1983 (Manuscript version)x400121 Z850109 1983 single work drama

'The new play, 'Time Me from Now', is deeply rooted in his own childhood in a working-class area of Melbourne. [...] His Play is set in 1922, when tuberculosis, the White Plague, still ravaged the community. One of his aunts died of it at 21, an uncle at 19.'

Source: 'Beynon Writes Again -- After 27 Years', The Age, 1 August 1983, p.12.
1 y separately published work icon First Act! 1st Act Richard Beynon , H. G. Fowler , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1966 Z811878 1966 anthology drama
1 y separately published work icon Next Act! A Collection of Short Modern Plays Richard Beynon (editor), H. G. Fowler (editor), Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1964 Z510739 1964 anthology drama
1 Epitaph for Two Faces Richard Beynon , 1964 single work drama
— Appears in: Next Act! A Collection of Short Modern Plays 1964;
1 1 form y separately published work icon Man in a Blue Vase Tom Kirkwood , Richard Beynon , Melbourne : Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1960 8131023 1960 single work film/TV

A man's removal of his wife's housekeeping money from its blue vase causes conflict in both his marriage and his extended family.
1 1 The Shifting Heart Richard Beynon , 1958 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Observer , 15 November no. 20 1958; (p. 630)
1 38 y separately published work icon The Shifting Heart Richard Beynon , 1957 (Manuscript version)x400833 Z510836 1957 single work drama

The Shifting Heart is set in the Melbourne suburb of Collingwood on Christmas eve, 1956. It explores the tensions between three sets of neighbours: the Bianchis, the Pratts, and the Fowlers, who represent different aspects of Australian culture of the time. Racism and the changes brought by immigration are the central themes of the play.
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