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1970
A Hard God : A Play
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Adaptations
- form y A Hard God Sydney : Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1976 Z868682 1976 single work radio play
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form
y
A Hard God
United Kingdom (UK)
:
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
,
1976
7952785
1976
single work
radio play
'Set in 1946 in a suburb of Sydney the play explores the themes of dislocation and loss through the parallel experiences of two generations of an Irish immigrant family.'
Source: Radio Times, 20 November 1975, p.52.
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form
y
A Hard God
( dir. William Fitzwater
)
Sydney
:
Australian Broadcasting Commission
,
1981
6976843
1981
single work
film/TV
Telemovie adaptation of Kenna's play about a sixteen-year-old working-class Irish-Australian boy falling in love with his best friend.
Notes
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Dedication: For my mother and Gerald Sheedy.
Production Details
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First produced at the Nimrod Street Theatre, Sydney, 17 August 1973. Produced on both ABC radio and TV.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also braille, sound recording, film, ABC radio play.
Works about this Work
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Straight to the Heart of a Troubled Faith
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 20 March 2006; (p. 13)
— Review of A Hard God : A Play 1970 single work drama -
Making the Sign of the Cross : Interdisciplinary iIntersections in Theology, Australian Studies and Postcolonial Studies
2000
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Kunapipi , vol. 22 no. 2 2000; (p. 64-74) -
From Gay and Lesbian to Queer Theatre
1998
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Our Australian Theatre in the 1990s 1998; (p. 89-103) Beginning with a reading of Good Works, Bruce Parr looks at a number of gay and lesbian theatre productions, and how such performances can be understood as 'making queer all sexualities and all theatre' (89). -
Tough Love
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , November no. 170 1997; (p. 31-32)
— Review of A Hard God : A Play 1970 single work drama -
Many Crosses To Bear
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 11 November vol. 116 no. 6097 1997; (p. 89)
— Review of A Hard God : A Play 1970 single work drama
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Straight to the Heart of a Troubled Faith
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 20 March 2006; (p. 13)
— Review of A Hard God : A Play 1970 single work drama -
Untitled
1975
single work
review
— Appears in: Plays and Players , vol. 22 no. 6 1975; (p. 39)
— Review of The Slaughter of St. Teresa's Day : A Play 1959 single work drama ; A Hard God : A Play 1970 single work drama -
Untitled
1975
single work
review
— Appears in: Drama , no. 116 1975; (p. 92)
— Review of A Hard God : A Play 1970 single work drama -
Untitled
1975
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 5 July 1975; (p. 8)
— Review of A Hard God : A Play 1970 single work drama -
The Cassidy Album
1978
single work
review
— Appears in: Quadrant , June vol. 22 no. 6 1978; (p. 69)
— Review of A Hard God : A Play 1970 single work drama -
From Gay and Lesbian to Queer Theatre
1998
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Our Australian Theatre in the 1990s 1998; (p. 89-103) Beginning with a reading of Good Works, Bruce Parr looks at a number of gay and lesbian theatre productions, and how such performances can be understood as 'making queer all sexualities and all theatre' (89). - y Peter Kenna's A Hard God : A Critical Introduction Sydney : Currency Press , 1983 Z1380848 1983 single work criticism
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Peter Kenna
Jennifer Palmer
(interviewer),
1979
single work
interview
— Appears in: Contemporary Australian Playwrights 1979; (p. 70-81) -
Drama
1981
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Oxford History of Australian Literature 1981; (p. 175-267) -
A Hard God
1991
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Playing Catholic : Essays on Four Catholic Plays 1991; (p. 20-32)
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