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y separately published work icon Moorli and the Leprechaun single work   drama   children's  
Issue Details: First known date: 1989... 1989 Moorli and the Leprechaun
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'When Moorli, the Aboriginal rainmaking spirit, meets Loopy, an Irish leprechaun, they determine to help Joan go on a school excursion to Uluru, despite her father's opposition to the idea. An authentic and entertaining story imbued with Jack Davis' understanding of racial tensions.' Source: Publisher's blurb

Exhibitions

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Production Details

  • First produced by the WATC/Marli Biyol Theatre Co., WA Academy, Perth, 28 June 1989.

  • CAST:

    Warren Collard, Rod Hall, Talei Howell-Price, Derek Local , Lynette Narkle and Attila Ozdolay.

    COMPOSER:

    Mark Bin-Baker

    DESIGNER:

    Sue Wyatt

    DIRECTOR:

    John Saunders

    LIGHTING DESIGNER:

    Dean Morris and Duncan Ord.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

      ca. 1989 .
      Extent: H0421p.
      (Manuscript) assertion
      Note/s:
      • Some emendations throughout script
      • Typescript (photocopy)
      • Stage play : 18 scenes
      Series: The Hanger Collection of Australian Playscripts series - publisher

      A collection in the Fryer Library at The University of Queensland of manuscript film and play scripts.

      Holdings

      Held at: University of Queensland University of Queensland Library Fryer Library
      Local Id: H0421
    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Currency Press , ca. 1994 .
      Extent: 61p.
      Description: col. illus., and port.
      Note/s:
      • 'For young audiences' (backcover)
      ISBN: 0868192902 (pbk)
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Works about this Work

Untitled Joan Zahnleiter , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 38 no. 4 1994; (p. 28-29)
— Review of Moorli and the Leprechaun Jack Davis , 1989 single work drama
`The Real Australian Story': An Interview with Jack Davis Adam Shoemaker (interviewer), 1994 single work interview
— Appears in: Jack Davis : The Maker of History 1994; (p. 22-47)
Untitled Joan Zahnleiter , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 38 no. 4 1994; (p. 28-29)
— Review of Moorli and the Leprechaun Jack Davis , 1989 single work drama
`The Real Australian Story': An Interview with Jack Davis Adam Shoemaker (interviewer), 1994 single work interview
— Appears in: Jack Davis : The Maker of History 1994; (p. 22-47)
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