Coral Lansbury Coral Lansbury i(A34933 works by) (a.k.a. Coral Magnolia Lansbury)
Born: Established: 1929 Melbourne, Victoria, ; Died: Ceased: 2 Apr 1991 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
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United States of America (USA),
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Gender: Female
Expatriate assertion
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1 The Life You Hide May Be Your Own Coral Lansbury , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: The New York Times Book Review , 30 July 1989; (p. 9)
— Review of The Hottest Night of the Century : Short Stories Glenda Adams , 1979 selected work short story ; Games of the Strong Glenda Adams , 1982 single work novel
2 7 y separately published work icon The Grotto Coral Lansbury , London : Bodley Head , 1988 Z86316 1988 single work novel
1 1 y separately published work icon Felicity : Or a Life of Art Coral Lansbury , New York (City) : E. P. Dutton and Company , 1987 Z1003706 1987 single work novel satire
1 4 y separately published work icon Sweet Alice Coral Lansbury , London : Pan , 1986 Z401525 1986 single work novel humour crime
1 2 y separately published work icon Ringarra : A Gothic Novel Coral Lansbury , London : Century Hutchinson , 1985 Z50296 1985 single work novel

'This thoroughly satisfying, explicit contemporary Gothic concerns Katsie McLeod whose parents died on their Wyoming ranch when she was a child. Raised in Philadelphia by her independent Quaker aunt, Katsie is getting her MBA at Wharton where she meets Bob Waterson, a business whiz from Australia. On a visit to his home, Bob takes Katsie to the grand, isolated estate of Ringarra to meet the remarkable head of the company he works for. Katsie is obsessed by ruthless, magnetic Michael Taverner, feeling controlled by him in a way utterly alien to her self-image as a thoroughly liberated woman. The twist in this modern Gothic, besides its trappings and its freely acknowledged sexual impetus, is Katsie's awareness of and struggle with the side of her that would choose obsession. She and Bob are further endangered when they uncover the complex fraud Taverner is engaged in, and Katsie must reach far back in her memory for the strength to pull free from his evil hold.'

Source: Publishers Weekly https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-06-015516-2 
1 7 y separately published work icon Arcady in Australia : The Evocation of Australia in Nineteenth-century English Literature Coral Lansbury , Carlton : Melbourne University Press , 1970 Z419635 1970 single work criticism
1 Charles Dickens and His Australia Coral Lansbury , 1966 single work criticism
— Appears in: Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society , vol. 52 no. 2 1966; (p. 115-128) Discusses the reception of Dickens's novels in Australia, their serialisation in Australian journals, Australian productions of his plays, and his treatment of Australia in his novels.
1 The Minet's Right to Mateship Coral Lansbury , 1966 single work criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin Quarterly , Summer vol. 25 no. 4 1966; (p. 435-443)
1 Gods of Red Earth Coral Lansbury , 1963 single work drama
1 form y separately published work icon The Bombora Coral Lansbury , Sydney : Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1957 8153829 1957 single work radio play

Radio play.
1 form y separately published work icon Thirty Minutes to Go Kay Keavney , Don Haring , Roy Ingleby , Coral Lansbury , James Workman , Australia : ARC , 1953 14527121 1953 single work radio play mystery

A thirty-minute crime drama offering thrills, suspense, and excitement. 
1 1 form y separately published work icon The Red Mountain Coral Lansbury , Australia : Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1952 8626980 1952 series - publisher radio play children's

A children's serial about a young Scottish boy who comes out to the Kimberley to live with his Australian cousins on a peanut farm.
1 form y separately published work icon Mockery Bend Coral Lansbury , Sydney : Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1952 8153960 1952 single work radio play

Radio play about a young teacher taking up her first appointment in an isolated rural community in Queensland.
1 A Dissertation Upon Monsters Coral Lansbury , 1950 single work
— Appears in: Hermes 1950; (p. 10-14)
2 form y separately published work icon The Three Cornered Hat Coral Lansbury , 1950-1959 (Manuscript version)9151453 9151447 1950 single work radio play

'This naughty comedy was based on an old Andalusian tale. It told how Frasquita, famous dancer and wife of the jolly miller, Lucas, was coveted by the local corregidor ... It was very adult and very, very funny. In fact, I rate it as Miss Lansbury's best piece of writing yet. The fact that it was a verse play was not obvious (no good verse play should be), thanks to the excellent narration of Bruce Stewart and the fine acting of Sheila Sewell (Frasquita), Lloyd Berrell (the corregidor), and Lionel Stevens (Lucas). There was also some brilliant guitar playing that in itself made the play worth hearing.'

Source: "Lively", The Mail, 22 May 1954, p.57.
1 form y separately published work icon The Bronze Plain Coral Lansbury , 1950-1959 (Manuscript version)9151251 9151245 1950 single work radio play

'When the calculating Captain Godwin, takes over a stretch of barren land along the coast, the authorities are puzzled. But they can hardly foresee that the captain Intends to make his fortune, not by farming, but by wrecking and plundering passing ships.'

Source: "Radio Repertory", The Age, 2 November 1951, p.5
1 form y separately published work icon Bel and the Dragon : A Play in Verse and Prose from the Book of the Apocrypha Coral Lansbury , 1950-1959 (Manuscript version)9151220 9151214 1950 single work radio play

'The author, Coral Lansbury, describes this as the world's first detective story. It tells of the encounter of Daniel, servant of God, with evil. The evil takes three forms, the hollow god Bel, the ravening dragon, and the lions of the now-famous den.'

Source:

'Plays and Highlights', Sydney Truth, 31 August 1952, p.42.
2 1 form Krubi of the Illawarra : A Radio Play Coral Lansbury , 1949 single work single work radio play
— Appears in: Hermes , 1949, 66-76 1949;

Krubi is a young Aboriginal woman who defies the strictures of her group by enquiring into knowledge normally reserved for men.
1 Notes on the Drama in Radio Coral Lansbury , 1949 single work
— Appears in: Hermes , 1949, 64-65 1949;
2 form y separately published work icon The Gate of the Sea Coral Lansbury , 1940-1949 (Manuscript version)x400043 Z386316 1940 single work radio play

Little is known of the plot of this radio play.
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