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Adaptations
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form
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Last Cab to Darwin
( dir. Jeremy Sims
)
Australia
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Last Cab Productions
Hydra Hamlet
,
2014
7272684
2014
single work
film/TV
'Rex drives a cab and has never left Broken Hill in his life. When he discovers he doesn't have long to live, he decides to drive across the heart of the country to Darwin, where he's heard he will be able to die on his own terms; but along the way he discovers that before you can end your life, you've got to live it, and to live it you've got to share it... ' (Production summary)
Notes
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Based on the true story of Max Bell, a Broken Hill taxi-driver who drove to Darwin in 1996 with the intention of being euthanased due to his stomach cancer.
Production Details
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First produced by Pork Chop Productions and Black Swan Theatre at the Octagon Theatre, Perth, 3-17 April 2003 and at The Sydney Opera House 24 April-24 May 2003.
Produced at the Old Mill Theatre, South Perth, 22 June - 7 July 2018.
Director: Trevor Dhu.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Press Play
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 15 May 2015; (p. 4)
— Review of Last Cab to Darwin 2002 single work drama ; Ruben Guthrie 2015 single work film/TV ; Holding the Man 2015 single work film/TV ; The Daughter 2015 single work film/TV -
Journey to the End of the Earth
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , 29 October no. 255 2004; (p. 22)
— Review of Last Cab to Darwin 2002 single work drama -
Play Rides on a Trim or Two
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 8 October 2004; (p. 101)
— Review of Last Cab to Darwin 2002 single work drama -
The Dying of Old Australia
Rod Moran
(interviewer),
2004
single work
interview
— Appears in: The West Australian , 9 August 2004; (p. 6) -
Playwright Strays from Script to Win Book Award
2004
single work
column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 5 June 2004; (p. 17)
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Engaging Detours in Outback Death Ride
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 14 April 2003; (p. 18)
— Review of Last Cab to Darwin 2002 single work drama -
Gutsy Yarn a Ride to the Dead Heart
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 28 April 2003; (p. 13)
— Review of Last Cab to Darwin 2002 single work drama -
Finding Humour On Long Road To Death
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning herald , 4 October 2002; (p. 13)
— Review of Last Cab to Darwin 2002 single work drama -
Play Rides on a Trim or Two
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 8 October 2004; (p. 101)
— Review of Last Cab to Darwin 2002 single work drama -
Journey to the End of the Earth
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , 29 October no. 255 2004; (p. 22)
— Review of Last Cab to Darwin 2002 single work drama -
Playwrights Share Award in WA First
2003
single work
column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 18 February 2003; (p. 5) -
Not the Way Home
2003
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 25 April 2003; (p. 16) -
Playwright Strays from Script to Win Book Award
2004
single work
column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 5 June 2004; (p. 17) -
The Dying of Old Australia
Rod Moran
(interviewer),
2004
single work
interview
— Appears in: The West Australian , 9 August 2004; (p. 6)
Awards
- 2004 shortlisted AWGIE Awards — Stage Award
- 2004 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting
- 2003 winner Western Australian Premier's Book Awards — Premier's Prize
- 2003 winner Western Australian Premier's Book Awards — Scripts
- 2003 winner Queensland Premier's Literary Awards — Best Drama Script (Stage)
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