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Issue Details: First known date: 1969... 1969 The Heretic : A Play in Three Acts
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

Based on the life of Italian martyr Giordano Bruno.

Notes

  • Sound recording - ABC radio, 1982.
  • Drama in verse form.

Production Details

  • First produced at the Duke of York Theatre, London, 1969, also in New York, Los Angeles, Canada, Spain and Mexico.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • New York (City), New York (State),
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,
      :
      William Morrow ,
      ca. 1969 .
      Extent: ix, 156pp.
    • London,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Heinemann ,
      1970 .
      Extent: ix, 156pp.
      ISBN: 0434859095
    • Strawberry Hills, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Isotome Press , 1988 .
      Extent: 140p.
      Description: illus. , 9 prints (some col).
      Note/s:
      • Limited ed. of 276 numbered copies, signed by the author and artist. 26 copies (Vellum edition) are bound by hand in full vellum over archival boards. An additional suite of the lithographs and relief prints is signed and lettered A-Z. The book is lettered A-Z and letters U-Z are hors commerce. 50 copies (De-luxe edition) are bound by hand in quarter oasis and cloth over archival boards. An additional suite of the lithographs and relief prints is signed and numbered I-L. The book is numbered I-L. These 76 copies are contained in a cloth covered solander box. The remaining 200 copies (Standard edition) are bound by hand in cloth over archival boards.
      ISBN: 0731646959 (not printed on book).
Alternative title: O herege, peca em tres atos
Language: Portuguese
    • Rio de Janeiro,
      c
      Brazil,
      c
      South America, Americas,
      :
      Record ,
      1970 .
      Extent: 195p.
      Note/s:
      • Reprinted six times by 1984.

Works about this Work

Last Writes Tony Stephens , 2000 single work biography
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 3 June 2000; (p. 3)
The Heretic : Morris West on the Need for Dissent Morris West , 1994 single work prose
— Appears in: Blast , Spring no. 26 1994; (p. 4-5)
Foreword : Eyes on the Prizes Please... Elizabeth Swanson , 1988 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 8-9 October 1988; (p. 11)
Untitled Andrew L. Urban , 1985 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 10 May 1985; (p. 10)

— Review of The Heretic : A Play in Three Acts Morris West , 1969 single work drama
Untitled R. Aldritch , 1985 single work review
— Appears in: Campaign Australia , no. 114 1985; (p. 53-54)

— Review of The Heretic : A Play in Three Acts Morris West , 1969 single work drama
Right to be Wrong Lynne Bell , 1970 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 25 July 1970; (p. 20)

— Review of The Heretic : A Play in Three Acts Morris West , 1969 single work drama
Untitled Mary Armitage , 1970 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 10 August 1970; (p. 22)

— Review of The Heretic : A Play in Three Acts Morris West , 1969 single work drama
Archaic Drama Gerald Mayhead , 1971 single work review
— Appears in: The Herald , 19 August 1971; (p. 11)

— Review of The Heretic : A Play in Three Acts Morris West , 1969 single work drama
Untitled R. Aldritch , 1985 single work review
— Appears in: Campaign Australia , no. 114 1985; (p. 53-54)

— Review of The Heretic : A Play in Three Acts Morris West , 1969 single work drama
Untitled Andrew L. Urban , 1985 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 10 May 1985; (p. 10)

— Review of The Heretic : A Play in Three Acts Morris West , 1969 single work drama
Insisting on the Right to Be Wrong Elizabeth Best , 1970 single work column
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 20 June vol. 92 no. 4709 1970; (p. 39-40)
Foreword : Eyes on the Prizes Please... Elizabeth Swanson , 1988 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 8-9 October 1988; (p. 11)
Last Writes Tony Stephens , 2000 single work biography
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 3 June 2000; (p. 3)
The Heretic : Morris West on the Need for Dissent Morris West , 1994 single work prose
— Appears in: Blast , Spring no. 26 1994; (p. 4-5)
Morris West Writes a Play about a Heretic 1969 single work
— Appears in: The Australian , 29 March 1969; (p. 36)
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