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Production Details
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First produced at the Union Theatre, Adelaide, September 1959.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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The Misfit Male Body in Adelaide Theatre, 1959
2005
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , April no. 46 2005; (p. 20-37) The aims of this article are 'to highlight two little-known Australian plays of the late 1950s', 'to examine their young leading men, both misfits', and 'in some sense to queer these two plays' (20). 'Linking these two plays is the display of both young men's bodies which ... is in emulation of American drama and film of the 1950s... (20). -
Untitled
1959
single work
review
— Appears in: Nation , 6 June 1959; (p. 20)
— Review of A Fox in the Night 1958 single work drama -
Untitled
1959
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Quarterly , September vol. 31 no. 3 1959; (p. 124-125)
— Review of A Fox in the Night 1958 single work drama
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Untitled
1959
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Quarterly , September vol. 31 no. 3 1959; (p. 124-125)
— Review of A Fox in the Night 1958 single work drama -
Untitled
1959
single work
review
— Appears in: Nation , 6 June 1959; (p. 20)
— Review of A Fox in the Night 1958 single work drama -
The Misfit Male Body in Adelaide Theatre, 1959
2005
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , April no. 46 2005; (p. 20-37) The aims of this article are 'to highlight two little-known Australian plays of the late 1950s', 'to examine their young leading men, both misfits', and 'in some sense to queer these two plays' (20). 'Linking these two plays is the display of both young men's bodies which ... is in emulation of American drama and film of the 1950s... (20).
Awards
- 1958 third (joint) General Motors Holden (GMH) National Playwrights Competition
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