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Rex Cramphorn Rex Cramphorn i(A35729 works by) (a.k.a. Rex Cramphorne Cramphorn)
Born: Established: 10 Jan 1941 ; Died: Ceased: 22 Nov 1991
Gender: Male
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1 1 y separately published work icon A Raffish Experiment : Selected Writings of Rex Cramphorn Rex Cramphorn , Ian Maxwell (editor), Strawberry Hills : Currency Press , 2008 Z1542435 2008 selected work criticism review correspondence column essay

'Rex Cramphorn was one of the key theatre practitioners to come out of the renaissance of Australian theatre in the 1960s and '70s. When Cramphorn died in 1991 at the age of 50, he left a legacy of theatre productions, research and ideas, that have influenced his own and subsequent generations of Australian theatre artists.

In A Raffish Experiment, Ian Maxwell presents an eclectic collection of Rex Cramphorn's writing, including theatre reviews for the Bulletin and the Sunday Australian, self-assessments, production diaries, essays and proposals, working notes for actors and selections from surviving correspondence.

Each chapter is framed by a short essay contextualising the material biographically, historically and culturally. The collection offers not only valuable - and unique - insights into a significant theatre practitioner as he wrestled with his craft, but a contribution to the historiography of Australian theatre, from a practitioner's point of view, through a formative period of that history.' (Publisher's blurb)
1 Inner Voices Rex Cramphorn , 1977 single work review
— Appears in: Theatre Australia , March - April vol. 1 no. 8 1977; (p. 12-13)
— Review of Inner Voices Louis Nowra , 1970 single work drama
1 A Virtuoso Performance by Both Writer and Actor Rex Cramphorn , 1977 single work review
— Appears in: Theatre Australia , September-October vol. 2 no. 5 1977; (p. 26-27)
— Review of A Stretch of the Imagination Jack Hibberd , 1971 single work drama
1 Nimrod Upstairs and Downstairs : Mad Bad and Dangerous to Know - Are You Now or Have You Ever Been? Rex Cramphorn , 1976 single work review
— Appears in: Theatre Australia , August-September vol. 1 no. 1 1976; (p. 15-16)
— Review of Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know : A View of Lord Byron Ron Blair , 1976 single work drama
1 The Killing of the King Rex Cramphorn , 1971 single work column
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 27 February vol. 93 no. 4744 1971; (p. 42-45)
1 Fathers and Sons Rex Cramphorn , 1970 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 25 April vol. 92 no. 4700 1970; (p. 51)
— Review of The One Day of the Year Alan Seymour , 1960 single work drama
1 Free and Fanciful Rex Cramphorn , 1969 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 3 May vol. 91 no. 4651 1969; (p. 38)
— Review of Striptease Colin Free , 1969 single work drama
1 Up the Reedy Creek Rex Cramphorn , 1969 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 15 November vol. 91 no. 4679 1969; (p. 58)
— Review of Reedy River Dick Diamond , 1953 single work musical theatre
1 Neatly Planted Rex Cramphorn , 1969 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 30 August vol. 91 no. 4668 1969; (p. 48)
— Review of Rooted Alex Buzo , 1969 single work drama
1 Ten Years Late Rex Cramphorn , 1969 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 1 November vol. 91 no. 4677 1969; (p. 60-61)
— Review of Burke's Company Bill Reed , 1968 single work drama ; And the Big Men Fly Alan Hopgood , 1963 single work drama ; The Day Before Tomorrow : A Play Ric Throssell , 1956 single work drama
1 Plunging On Rex Cramphorn , 1969 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 9 August vol. 91 no. 4665 1969; (p. 46)
— Review of The Rise and Fall of Boronia Avenue Tony Morphett , 1969 single work drama
1 Relieving Pressures Rex Cramphorn , 1968 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 7 December vol. 90 no. 4631 1968; (p. 84)
— Review of Going, Going, Gone 1968 single work drama
1 Cloudy but Promising Rex Cramphorn , 1968 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 28 September vol. 90 no. 4621 1968; (p. 70-71)
— Review of Cannonade of Bells : A Play in Two Acts Colin Free , 1960-1969 single work drama
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