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Issue Details: First known date: 2013... 2013 How to Be (Or Not to Be) Lower
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'Join Max Cullen in his latest one man show How to be (Or not to be) Lower, an ode to the turbulent, crazy, rich, poor and surreal life of writer Lennie Lower, once regarded as Australia's Greatest Humorist.

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Both Lower and Cullen worked at various times for (Sir) Frank Packer and probably drank in the same pubs, though Lower died when Cullen was an infant. ' (Source http://www.visitcanberra.com.au/Events/Theatre-and-dance/Event-Details-Page.aspx?ID=9005372&Title=How+To+Be+(Or+Not+To+Be)+Lower+by+Max+Cullen )

Production Details

  • Performed at The Street Theatre, 15 Childers Street Canberra 25 May - 1 June 2013

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Works about this Work

Max's Method : Max Cullen Anne Pender , 2016 single work biography
— Appears in: Players : Australian Actors on Stage, Television and Film 2016;
'Max Cullen is familiar to audiences for his warm, crumpled face and for his ability to inhabit so many characters. Over the last fifty years Cullen has appeared in numerous productions on the main stages of Sydney and Melbourne, on television in a wide range of roles, and in many Australian feature films. He worked at the Ensemble in the early years, with Hayes Gordon, and with the Nimrod Theatre Company when it was established. Cullen’s work on television and film ranges across a wide range of genres and modes, from {{Skippy}} (1967) (C718078) to Bodyline(1984) to Sunday Too Far Away! (1975) and on stage, from Hamlet (1981) and Volpone (2002) to Waiting for Godot (2003).' (Introduction)
Lower Tribute Hits a High Peter Wilkins , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 28 May 2013; (p. 6)

— Review of How to Be (Or Not to Be) Lower Max Cullen , 2013 single work drama
In Toon with the Times Philip O'Brien , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 25 May 2013; (p. 7)
Lower Tribute Hits a High Peter Wilkins , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 28 May 2013; (p. 6)

— Review of How to Be (Or Not to Be) Lower Max Cullen , 2013 single work drama
In Toon with the Times Philip O'Brien , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 25 May 2013; (p. 7)
Max's Method : Max Cullen Anne Pender , 2016 single work biography
— Appears in: Players : Australian Actors on Stage, Television and Film 2016;
'Max Cullen is familiar to audiences for his warm, crumpled face and for his ability to inhabit so many characters. Over the last fifty years Cullen has appeared in numerous productions on the main stages of Sydney and Melbourne, on television in a wide range of roles, and in many Australian feature films. He worked at the Ensemble in the early years, with Hayes Gordon, and with the Nimrod Theatre Company when it was established. Cullen’s work on television and film ranges across a wide range of genres and modes, from {{Skippy}} (1967) (C718078) to Bodyline(1984) to Sunday Too Far Away! (1975) and on stage, from Hamlet (1981) and Volpone (2002) to Waiting for Godot (2003).' (Introduction)
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