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Issue Details: First known date: 1991... 1991 Sixteen Words for Water : A Play in Two Acts
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

Examines the life and attitudes of Ezra Pound.

Notes

  • Dedication: This play is dedicated to Edwin R. Field, teacher and friend.
  • The drama was workshopped at the 1990 National Playwrights' Conference.
  • Complete script available via the writer's website, http://australianpoet.cjb.net/

Production Details

  • First produced by the Sydney Theatre Co. at the Wharf Theatre, Sydney, 13 August 1991.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • North Ryde, Ryde - Gladesville - Hunters Hill area, Northwest Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Angus and Robertson , 1991 .
      Extent: 78p.
      Note/s:
      • On cover: About Ezra Pound.
      ISBN: 0207174121 (pbk)

Works about this Work

Pound for Pound, an Engaging Tribute David Hough , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 16 August vol. 116 no. 5933 1994; (p. 100-101)

— Review of Sixteen Words for Water : A Play in Two Acts Billy Marshall-Stoneking , 1991 single work drama
Pound Play's Psychic Start Ron Banks , 1994 single work biography
— Appears in: The West Australian , 15 July 1994; (p. 4)
Question of Sanity Keeps Poet from the Executioner Yvette Pullen , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The Mercury , 5 March 1992; (p. 19)

— Review of Sixteen Words for Water : A Play in Two Acts Billy Marshall-Stoneking , 1991 single work drama
Untitled Yvette Pullen , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The Mercury , 27 February 1992; (p. 19)

— Review of Sixteen Words for Water : A Play in Two Acts Billy Marshall-Stoneking , 1991 single work drama
Theatre of Ideas in the Shadow of the Chair Robert Harris , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 127 1992; (p. 89-90)

— Review of Sixteen Words for Water : A Play in Two Acts Billy Marshall-Stoneking , 1991 single work drama
One More Word about Water Adrian Rawlins , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January (1991-1992) no. 137 1991; (p. 52)

— Review of Sixteen Words for Water : A Play in Two Acts Billy Marshall-Stoneking , 1991 single work drama
Theatre of Ideas in the Shadow of the Chair Robert Harris , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 127 1992; (p. 89-90)

— Review of Sixteen Words for Water : A Play in Two Acts Billy Marshall-Stoneking , 1991 single work drama
All in the Mind Brian Hoad , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 27 August vol. 113 no. 5784 1991; (p. 96)

— Review of Sixteen Words for Water : A Play in Two Acts Billy Marshall-Stoneking , 1991 single work drama
'Abysmal' is the Verdict Louise Evans , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 9 September 1991; (p. 37)

— Review of Sixteen Words for Water : A Play in Two Acts Billy Marshall-Stoneking , 1991 single work drama
In for a Penny... Adam Griffiths , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Vertigo , 3 September no. 9 1991; (p. 28)

— Review of Sixteen Words for Water : A Play in Two Acts Billy Marshall-Stoneking , 1991 single work drama
Words Lifted Off the Page on to Stage Jeremy Eccles , 1990 single work criticism
— Appears in: The West Australian , 9 May 1990; (p. 54)
Pound Play's Psychic Start Ron Banks , 1994 single work biography
— Appears in: The West Australian , 15 July 1994; (p. 4)
Billy's 16 Words Make a Pound Peter Cochrane , 1990 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 27 September 1990; (p. 3)
Stand-Up Poets Society Jo Litson , 1991 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 3-4 August 1991; (p. 6)
For Wangina has Lost His Mouth... Jeremy Eccles , 1991 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 20 August vol. 113 no. 5783 1991; (p. 90-91)
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