BOB ELLIS
| Nationality: | Australian |
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Plays by Bob Ellis
Legend Of King O'Malley, The |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1970 | ||
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| 1st Published: | Sydney : Currency press | 1974 | ||
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| Genre: | Two Acts | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: written by Michael Boddy and Bob Ellis | ||||
Synopsis: The story of the Texan idealist who became a member of two Australian Parliaments and was defeated in 1917 for opposing conscription - this play made stage history when produced in 1970, drawing upon the vaudeville tradition and creating a new all-Australian larrikin form | ||||
Local Man, A |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||
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| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: This play tells the life story of Australia's best-loved Prime Minister, Ben Chifley, set in his Bathurst home a few days before his death in 1951. Stephen Dunne, Sydney Morning Herald (11.8.04) reviewed it as a "strong and affectionate monologue that is not mere hagiography but an effective portrait of the private man behind the iconic political figure". Frank McKone, Canberra Times (10.8.04) wrote, "(A Local Man) gives us both the history and the man. (Ben Chifley's) perceptiveness and his humour show us the reality of his time. His passing leaves us reflecting on today's political and personal world. The script is a major achievement, welding art and accurate history"" | ||||
Meet Mr Brutus |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1971 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Script in the Hanger Collection, Fryer Library, University of Queensland, Australia. http://www.austlit.edu.au >>> | - | ||
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| Genre: | Stage play for children. 3 scenes. | - | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: written with Michael Boddy | ||||
Synopsis: a play about the character of Brutus in Shakespeare's julius Caesar | ||||