Английская Википедия:A Hard God
A Hard God is a semi-autobiographical play by Peter Kenna.[1]
The initial production starred Gloria Dawn, a vaudeville star who had been persuaded to appear in a "straight" role in Kenna's The Slaughter of St Teresa's Day.[2]
The play was very popular and has come to be regarded as an Australian classic.[3]Шаблон:Failed verification
It was published by Currency Press in 1974.
Select Key Productions
- May-June 1974 - Melbourne Theatre company in association with Elizabethan Theatre Trust
1974 Film
Шаблон:Infobox film The Nimrod Theatre version of the play was directed by John Bell. This was filmed by the ABC in 1974.[4][2] Carl Shutlz directed the production, which had been done on stage under the direction of John Bell.[5]
It was one of a number of stage productions the ABC presented in the early 1970s along with Hamlet, The Misanthrope, and Spoiled.
Cast
- James Bowles as Paddy
- Gloria Dawn as Aggee
- Gerry Duggan as Martin
- Graham Rouse as Dan
- Kay Elkund
- Tony Sheldon as Joe
- Andrew Sharp
1981 Film
Шаблон:Infobox film The play was adapted for TV again by the ABC in 1981 for the Australian Theatre Festival.[6][7]
Cast
- Patrick Phillips
- Betty Lucas
- Simon Burke
- Dawn Lake
- Martin Vaughan
- Graham Rouse
- Philippa Baker
References
External links
- Review of 2006 production at Variety
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- 1981 TV adaptation at Australian Screen Online
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- 1981 TV version at Screen Australia
- ↑ Leslie Rees, Australian Drama in the 1970s, Angus & Robertson, 1978 p 192-194
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ Richard Waterhouse, 'Kenna, Peter Joseph (1930–1987)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University accessed 10 January 2013
- ↑ A Hard God 1974 production at National Film and Sound Archive
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ Ed Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p78
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
