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Wild Cat Falling single work   drama  
Adaptation of Wild Cat Falling Colin Johnson , 1965 single work novel
Issue Details: First known date: 1992... 1992 Wild Cat Falling
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

'Nineteen-year old anti-hero Wildcat has been released from Fremantle Jail after serving an eighteen-month sentence for juvenile offences. The play shifts from real time to memory as Wildcat re-experiences growing up in a small country town, being sent to Swanview Boys' Home and being a member of a bodgie gang in Perth in the late 1950s.' (Source: Australian Plays website)

Production Details

  • First performed by Swy Theatre in Perth, Western Australia.

    Cast: Jedda Cole, Warren Collard, Graham Merritt, David Milroy, John Moore, Kelton Pell, Melodie Reynolds, and Sher Williams.

    Musical Director: David Milroy

    Director: Alan Becher.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Catcall Paul Pottinger (interviewer), 1992 single work interview
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 27 March 1992; (p. 2s)
Search for Aboriginal Roots Breaks New Ground Alison Farmer , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 28 August 1992; (p. 12)

— Review of Wild Cat Falling Mudrooroo , 1992 single work drama
Cat Has Nine Lives David Hough , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 1 September vol. 114 no. 5835 1992; (p. 87)

— Review of Wild Cat Falling Mudrooroo , 1992 single work drama
Aboriginal Cat Out of the Bag Alison Farmer , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 29 July 1992; (p. 10)

— Review of Wild Cat Falling Mudrooroo , 1992 single work drama
Search for Self Theme in a New Aboriginal Play Angela Wellington , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 22 July 1992; (p. 37)

— Review of Wild Cat Falling Mudrooroo , 1992 single work drama
Search for Self Theme in a New Aboriginal Play Angela Wellington , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 22 July 1992; (p. 37)

— Review of Wild Cat Falling Mudrooroo , 1992 single work drama
Aboriginal Cat Out of the Bag Alison Farmer , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 29 July 1992; (p. 10)

— Review of Wild Cat Falling Mudrooroo , 1992 single work drama
Cat Has Nine Lives David Hough , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 1 September vol. 114 no. 5835 1992; (p. 87)

— Review of Wild Cat Falling Mudrooroo , 1992 single work drama
Search for Aboriginal Roots Breaks New Ground Alison Farmer , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 28 August 1992; (p. 12)

— Review of Wild Cat Falling Mudrooroo , 1992 single work drama
Catcall Paul Pottinger (interviewer), 1992 single work interview
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 27 March 1992; (p. 2s)
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