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Alan Seymour Alan Seymour i(A25039 works by)
Also writes as: A. Seymour
Born: Established: 6 Jun 1927 Fremantle, Fremantle area, South West Perth, Perth, Western Australia, ; Died: Ceased: 23 Mar 2015 Sydney, New South Wales,
Gender: Male
Expatriate assertion Departed from Australia: 1961
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1 y separately published work icon The Committee : A Comedy Alan Seymour , s.l. : s.n. , (Manuscript version)x401859 Z1425312 single work drama humour
1 From : The One Day of the Year Alan Seymour , 2009 extract drama (The One Day of the Year)
— Appears in: Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature 2009; (p. 754-758)
1 An Old War Horse Returns to the Fray Alan Seymour , 2003 single work criticism
— Appears in: Newswrite : The Newsletter of the New South Wales Writers' Centre , April no. 125 2003; (p. 7, 32) Alan Seymour discusses the 2003 Sydney Theatre Company Production of The One Day of the Year, retraces its turbulent beginnings at the Adelaide Festival of 1960 and comments on the currency of the play 43 years after it was first written.
1 Tiny Voice Amid Giants' Din Alan Seymour , 2003 single work column
— Appears in: The Australian , 28 March 2003; (p. 19)
1 Overland and Memory Alan Seymour , 2001 single work prose autobiography criticism
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 163 2001; (p. 67-71)
1 form y separately published work icon The Potato Factory Bryce Courtenay , Alan Seymour , ( dir. Robert Marchand ) Australia : Screentime Golden Square Pictures , 2000 Z829450 2000 single work film/TV

'The story [of] Ikey Soloman (the inspiration for Charles Dicken's Fagin in Oliver Twist), his mistress Mary Abacus and Ikey's wife Hannah. Set in London and Van Dieman's [sic] Land (Tasmania) in the mid-19th century'.

Source: NFSA. (Sighted: 11/11/2013)
1 Still the Most Emotive Day of the Year Alan Seymour , 1997 single work column biography
— Appears in: The Australian , 25 April 1997; (p. 15)
1 form y separately published work icon The Wingless Bird Alan Seymour , ( dir. David Wheatley ) United Kingdom (UK) : Tyne Tees Television , 1997 6577614 1997 series - publisher film/TV romance historical fiction

A young woman who, on the eve of World War I, is in charge of both her family's business and her family's problems finds herself drawn to two brothers.
1 [Untitled] (from The One Day of the Year) Alan Seymour , 1996 extract
— Appears in: The Arnold Anthology of Post-Colonial Literatures in English 1996; (p. 218-233)
1 Musical Settings of Shaw Neilson Alan Seymour , 1996 single work criticism
— Appears in: Notes & Furphies , October no. 37 1996; (p. 2-3)
1 One Day of the Year Act III, Sc. 3 Alan Seymour , 1995 extract drama (The One Day of the Year)
— Appears in: An Anthology of Australian Literature 1995; (p. 154-164)
1 Came the Dawn Alan Seymour , 1995 single work prose biography
— Appears in: Westerly , Summer vol. 40 no. 4 1995; (p. 5-12)
1 form y separately published work icon The Glass Virgin Alan Seymour , ( dir. Sarah Hellings ) United Kingdom (UK) : Tyne Tees Television , 1995 6577412 1995 series - publisher film/TV romance historical fiction

When Annabella discovers the secret her family have kept from her, she runs away in company with the family's former groom.
1 form y separately published work icon The Cinder Path Alan Seymour , ( dir. Simon Langton ) United Kingdom (UK) : Tyne Tees Television , 1994 6576910 1994 series - publisher film/TV romance historical fiction

An adaptation of Catherine Cookson's novel, in which a farmer's son (married disastrously to one sister while another is in love with him) enlists in World War I, only to find himself under the influence of a blackmailer with an axe to grind.
1 Patrick White Alan Seymour , 1991 single work criticism
— Appears in: Patrick White : Life and Writings : Five Essays 1991; (p. 43-59)
1 form y separately published work icon The Silver Chair Alan Seymour , ( dir. Alex Kirby ) United Kingdom (UK) : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) , 1990 6576234 1990 series - publisher film/TV children's fantasy

The third in the BBC's adaptations of C.S. Lewis's novels.
1 form y separately published work icon The Care of Time Alan Seymour , ( dir. John Davies ) United Kingdom (UK) : Anglia Television , 1990 6372606 1990 single work film/TV thriller crime

'A man receives a postcard threatening to send him a bomb; this is the spark for a terrifying chase across Europe and America.'

Source: British Film Institute (http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/428637). (Sighted: 27/8/2013)
1 form y separately published work icon Prince Caspian / Voyage of the Dawn Treader Alan Seymour , ( dir. Alex Kirby ) United Kingdom (UK) : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) , 1989 6578140 1989 series - publisher film/TV fantasy children's

Presented as a single series of the BBC's Chronicles of Narnia, this was a dual adaptation of Prince Caspian (episodes 1 and 2) and Voyage of the Dawn Treader (episodes 3 to 6). The two sections were titled separately but otherwise presented as a single coherent series.
1 One Day of the Year Alan Seymour , 1988 extract drama (The One Day of the Year)
— Appears in: Australia Antologio 1988; (p. 357-364)
1 form y separately published work icon Tudawali Alan Seymour , ( dir. Steve Jodrell ) 1988 8744799 1988 single work film/TV biography

'While first and foremost a chronicle of the sad life of Robert Tudawali, an aboriginal actor who shot to fame in the 50s, when he played Marbuck in Jedda, directed by Charles Chauvel. 'The film also portrays the stark contrasts between Tudawali’s home outside Darwin, and his life in Sydney, where he did most of his filming for movies and TV series.' (Source: Creative Spirits website; imdb website)
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