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BOB HERBERT (1923 - 1999) |
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Nationality: Australian Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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"Bob Herbert served in the Royal Australian Air Force and the Second AIF during World War Two. After being discharged, he became a radio officer at sea, where he began writing plays. Keen to pursue his interest in theatre, Herbert became an an actor and radio station manager in Queensland, and later moved to Armidale, where he was Theatres Manager at the University of New England. He helped design the early performance facilities of the university's Theatre Studies Department." - website of AustLit (Australian Literature)
Plays by Bob Herbert
By The Billabong | ||
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| 1st Published: | Script in the Hanger Collection, Fryer Library, University of Queensland, Australia. http://www.austlit.edu.au >>>, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #16334 | |||
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Genre: | Stage play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | a lyric drama (afterthe Noh) | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Campari Rocks | ||
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Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Script in the Hanger Collection, Fryer Library, University of Queensland, Australia. http://www.austlit.edu.au >>>, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #16335 | |||
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Genre: | 3 acts Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 | ||
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Isolated Case Of Heterochromia, An | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1972 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Script in the Hanger Collection, Fryer Library, University of Queensland, Australia. http://www.austlit.edu.au >>>, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #16336 | |||
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Genre: | Stage play. 3 parts One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | a lighthearted look at loneliness, failure,alcoholism, homosexuality, nymphomania, satyriasis, impotence, crypto-fascism, racialism, brutalism and other fashionable aberrations. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Last Wake At She-Oak Creek | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1982 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Sydney : Currency Press, 1988 | ISBN/ASIN: | 086-8191590 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #16337 | |||
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Genre: | Musical One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | with doubling | |||||
Notes: | music by Allan McFadden | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Man Of Respect, A | ||
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Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Script in the Hanger Collection, Fryer Library, University of Queensland, Australia. http://www.austlit.edu.au >>>, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #16338 | |||
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Genre: | Stage play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | chorus | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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New England Honeymoon, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1975 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Script in the Hanger Collection, Fryer Library, University of Queensland, Australia. http://www.austlit.edu.au >>>, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #16339 | |||
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Genre: | Stage Comedy 1 act. | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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No Names No Pack Drill | ||
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Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Sydney : Currency Press, 1980 | ISBN/ASIN: | 0868190438 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #16340 | |||
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Genre: | 2 acts Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | adapted for the screen under the title Rebel | |||||
Synopsis: | a spiv betrays a young Sydney widow who harbours an American deserter in wartime Kings Cross. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Wake At Sheoak Creek, The | ||
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Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #117977 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Music by Allan McFadden; lyrics and book by Bob Herbert | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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