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Issue Details: First known date: 2006... 2006 Strangers in Between [and] Holding the Man : Two Plays
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* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Currency Press , 2006 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
A Theatre of Optimism, David Berthold , single work criticism (p. vii-ixii)
Strangers In Between, Tommy Murphy , single work drama

'Forced to flee his family home in Goulburn, Shane ... suddenly finds himself in a strange suburb surrounded by prostitutes, bikies and junkies. The confused teenager is unsure of his sexuality, more unsure of how to find intimacy, and completely thrown by having to choose between laundry liquid and powder. But he soon meets two strangers - the very-Sydney Will who offers brotherhood, sex and something unexpected; and the beguiling Peter a 50-year-old gay man whose mother is dying in a nursing home.'

Source: http://www.theprogram.net.au/giveawaysSub.asp?id=371&state_id= (Sighted 09/02/2005)

 (p. 1-62)
Holding the Man, Tommy Murphy , single work drama (p. 65-161)
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y separately published work icon Holding the Man Timothy Conigrave , Melbourne : McPhee Gribble , 1995 Z551412 1995 single work autobiography

'The mid-seventies - and satin baggies and chunky platforms reigned supreme. Jethro Tull did battle with glam-rock for the airwaves. At an all-boys Catholic school in Melbourne Timothy Conigrave fell wildly and sweetly in love with the captain of the football team. So began a relationship that was to last for fifteen years, a love affair that weathered disapproval, separation and, ultimately, death. Holding the Man recreates that relationship. With honesty and insight it explore the highs and lows of any partnership: the intimacy, constraints, temptations. And the strength of heart both men had to find when they tested positive to HIV.' (Publisher's blurb)
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Works about this Work

Untitled Adam Broinowski , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , October no. 53 2008; (p. 232-236)
— Review of Strangers in Between [and] Holding the Man : Two Plays Tommy Murphy , 2006 selected work drama
Untitled Adam Broinowski , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , October no. 53 2008; (p. 232-236)
— Review of Strangers in Between [and] Holding the Man : Two Plays Tommy Murphy , 2006 selected work drama
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