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Adapted by Tommy Murphy from Tim Conigrave's Holding the Man. Commissioned by Griffin Theatre Company and developed as part of the Playwrights' Residency project.
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Dedication: For Tim.
Production Details
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First produced by Griffin Theatre Company at SBW Stables Theatre, Sydney, 9 November - 16 December 2006.
Director: David Berthold.
Designer: Brian Thomson.
Lighting Designer: Stephen Hawker.
Sound Designer: Basil Hogios.
Costume Designer: Michael Agosta.
Cast: Jeanette Cronin, Nicholas Eadie, Guy Edmonds, Robin McLeavy, Brett Stiller, and Matt Zeremes.
Return season at Griffin Theatre Company from 8 February to 3 March 2007.
Cast and crew as above.
Produced at Trafalgar Studios, London, 4 May - 3 July 2010.
Director: David Berthold.
Produced at La Boite, in partnership with Philip Bacon Galleries and Wrightson Stewart, 16 February to 16 March 2013.
Director: David Berthold.
Designer: Brian Thomson.
Costumes and Puppets: Micka Agosta.
Lighting Designer: David Walters.
Composer and Sound Designer: Basil Hogios.
Cast: Eugene Gilfedder, Jai Higgs, Helen Howard, Lauren Jackson, Jerome Meyer, and Alec Snow.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Corr Values
2016
single work
column
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 23 January 2016; -
Berthold Returns to His Baby, A Tale of Love
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 20 February 2013; (p. 30)
— Review of Holding the Man 2006 single work drama -
Getting to Grips
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 9-10 February 2013; (p. 9)
— Review of Holding the Man 2006 single work drama -
Stage Set for 70s
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Mail , 27 January 2013; (p. 30)
— Review of Holding the Man 2006 single work drama -
Box Office Hit Returns For a New G
Generation
2012
single work
column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 27 September 2012; (p. 24)
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Love, Blood and Death: Just as It Was
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 11-12 November 2006; (p. 23)
— Review of Holding the Man 2006 single work drama -
A Must-See
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 20 May 2007; (p. 22)
— Review of Holding the Man 2006 single work drama -
Catholic Schoolboys' Story of Love and AIDS Death
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 28 November vol. 16 no. 18 2006; (p. 28-29)
— Review of Holding the Man 2006 single work drama -
A Tale of Two Romeos
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 1 - 2 March 2008; (p. 5)
— Review of Holding the Man 2006 single work drama -
Powerful Love Story
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 8 - 9 March 2008; (p. 48)
— Review of Holding the Man 2006 single work drama -
Watch this Face : Tommy Murphy
2006
single work
column
— Appears in: The (Sydney) Magazine , November no. 43 2006; (p. 32) -
Pieces of a Life, in Their Hands
2006
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 30 October 2006; (p. 14) -
A Theatre of Optimism
2006
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Strangers in Between [and] Holding the Man : Two Plays 2006; (p. vii-ixii) -
Theatre
2007
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 2 February 2007; (p. 5) -
Striking the Right Chord
2007
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 5-6 May 2007; (p. 18-19)
Awards
- 2007 shortlisted Queensland Premier's Literary Awards — Best Drama Script (Stage)
- 2007 winner AWGIE Awards — Stage Award
- 2007 nominated Helpmann Awards for Performing Arts in Australia — Best Play Nominated for the 2006 Griffin Theatre Company production.
- 2007 winner New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting
- 2006 nominated Sydney Theatre Awards — Best Mainstage Production Nominated for the 2006 Griffin Theatre Company production.
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