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A play about Australian Rules football, Royboys focuses on the fate of the Fitzroy Football Club.
The cast calls for a musician (dressed as a footy supporter) who plays songs and provides sound effects. The production notes also call for "a navel or military or municipal band" to play emotional propaganda tunes for about twenty minutes or so prior to the start of the play. Songs such as 'Moreton Bay', 'Click Go the Shears', 'Waltzing Matilda', 'Advance Australia Fair' etc are suggested, as is the winding up to a feverish rendition of the Fitzroy Football Club's anthem 'La Marseillaise!'
Production Details
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First produced by the Playbox Theatre Co., Studio Theatre, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne in March 1987. The director was Peter Oyston.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Untitled
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 11 April 1988;
— Review of Royboys 1987 single work drama -
Missing the Performance
1988
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Society , October 1988; (p. 49-51) -
Dickins of a Time with Barry
1988
single work
column
biography
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 26 March 1988; (p. B3) -
Football as the Nation's Heart and Soul
1987
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 7 April vol. 109 no. 5564 1987; (p. 73)
— Review of Royboys 1987 single work drama -
Dickins Looks Life in the Eye
1987
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Times on Sunday , 22 March 1987; (p. 31)
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Football as the Nation's Heart and Soul
1987
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 7 April vol. 109 no. 5564 1987; (p. 73)
— Review of Royboys 1987 single work drama -
Untitled
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 11 April 1988;
— Review of Royboys 1987 single work drama -
Dickins Looks Life in the Eye
1987
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Times on Sunday , 22 March 1987; (p. 31) -
Dickins of a Time with Barry
1988
single work
column
biography
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 26 March 1988; (p. B3) -
Missing the Performance
1988
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Society , October 1988; (p. 49-51)
Last amended 15 Mar 2013 13:59:59
Subjects:
- Urban,
- Fitzroy, Fitzroy - Collingwood area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,
Settings:
- 1980s
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