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Issue Details: First known date: 1984... 1984 The Boiling Frog
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Notes

  • Dedication: For Carol Deagan.
  • Epigraph: I shall die, but that is all I shall do for death. Edna St Vincent Millay.

Production Details

  • Commissioned by the Nimrod Theatre Company Sydney, on May 12 1982. Act One had its first workshops in 1982 in readings and discussions with the author's friends and writing group. In August 1982, while the author was writer-in-residence at Nimrod, the work-in-progress was given a workshop by Aubrey Mellor (director). By October 1982, The Boiling Frog included Acts One and Two and some key speeches from Act Three and was given a workshop and public reading at Nimrod as part of the Women and Arts Festival, directed by Chris Johnson. It was first performed at the Nimrod Theatre, Sydney, 11 July 1984. Director: John Bell.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Paddington, Kings Cross area, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Sydney, New South Wales,: Currency Press ; Nimrod Theatre Company , 1984 .
      Extent: 37p.
      Description: illus., ports.
      ISBN: 0868191043
      Series: Current Theatre Series Currency Press (publisher), 1983- series - publisher 'Current Theatre Series consists of Australian plays published with the program inserted and sold during theatre seasons. The aim of the series is to promote and encourage new dramatic writing and make it accessible to theatregoers and the public. The text is presented at the first day of rehearsal and does not contain changes which the author may choose to make after the play has commenced its present season - these will be incorporated into any new edition published by Currency.' Currency Press.
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Works about this Work

'A Lifelong Journey' : Alison Lyssa Rachel Fensham (interviewer), 1997 single work interview
— Appears in: Performing Women/ Performing Feminisms : Interviews with International Women Playwrights 1997; (p. 89-92) As well as commenting on her own plays, Alison Lyssa describes a theatre project with Cantonese-speaking women in western Sydney in the 1980s.
With Shades of Brecht Ann Nugent , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 14 December 1991; (p. C9)
— Review of The Boiling Frog Alison Lyssa , 1984 single work drama
y separately published work icon Alison Lyssa Speaks Rosemary Curb (interviewer), Z125659 1986 single work interview
With Shades of Brecht Ann Nugent , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 14 December 1991; (p. C9)
— Review of The Boiling Frog Alison Lyssa , 1984 single work drama
'A Lifelong Journey' : Alison Lyssa Rachel Fensham (interviewer), 1997 single work interview
— Appears in: Performing Women/ Performing Feminisms : Interviews with International Women Playwrights 1997; (p. 89-92) As well as commenting on her own plays, Alison Lyssa describes a theatre project with Cantonese-speaking women in western Sydney in the 1980s.
y separately published work icon Alison Lyssa Speaks Rosemary Curb (interviewer), Z125659 1986 single work interview
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