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form
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Clowning Around
( dir. George Whaley
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Western Australia
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Barron Entertainment
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1991-1993
Z1900833
1991-1993
series - publisher
film/TV
Two series tracing the ambitions of Sim, who longs to be a clown.
In series one:
'Fifteen-year-old Sim wants to be a clown. His third set of foster parents think he's as nutty as an Australian fruit cake. So he runs away, joins an outback rodeo, then a travelling circus. He is taught the art of clowning by a former clown, Anatole, an iron-willed Frenchman who is no longer able to perform. When Anatole returns to Paris, Sim follows, and is finally given the chance to perform at the famous Winter Circus'.
In series two:
'Sim is now a clown at the Winter Circus in Paris. Ambitious and determined to become a great clown, Sim becomes intrigued with the 'modern' circus routines pioneered by Circus Oz and Cirque du Soleil. When Sim suddenly inherits a share in the Rathnow Circus back in Australia, he has a chance to create his own 'suitcase' style of circus that is unique to his own character and experience.'
Source: Screen Australia. (Sighted: 13/11/2012)
Notes
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Dedication: For Christopher, Katherine and Timothy.
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Epigraph: 'Thou didst not preach to make us wise, / Thou hadst no finger in our schooling, / Thou didst not lure us to the skies, / Thy simple, simple trade was - fooling' (Thomas Hood, on the clown Grimaldi).
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Untitled
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 33 no. 1 1989; (p. 28)
— Review of Clowning Sim 1988 single work novel -
Untitled
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 3 no. 5 1988; (p. 31)
— Review of Clowning Sim 1988 single work novel
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Untitled
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 3 no. 5 1988; (p. 31)
— Review of Clowning Sim 1988 single work novel -
Untitled
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 33 no. 1 1989; (p. 28)
— Review of Clowning Sim 1988 single work novel