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Adaptation of A Fortunate Life A. B. Facey , 1980 single work autobiography
Issue Details: First known date: 1987... 1987 A. B. Facey's A Fortunate Life
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Production Details

  • First performed by the Melbourne Theatre Company at the Playhouse Theatre, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne, 26 June 1984. Director: John Summer.

    Also performed by the Harvest Theatre Company at the Middleback Theatre, Wyalla, South Australia, on 6 August 1987. Director: Brian Debnam.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Paddington, Kings Cross area, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Harvest Theatre Company ; Currency Press , 1987 .
      Extent: viii, 62p.p.
      Description: illus.
      Note/s:
      • The published text is that used by the Harvest Theatre Company in their 1987 Middleback Theatre production.
      ISBN: 0868191574
      Series: Current Theatre Series Currency Press (publisher), 1983- series - publisher 'Current Theatre Series consists of Australian plays published with the program inserted and sold during theatre seasons. The aim of the series is to promote and encourage new dramatic writing and make it accessible to theatregoers and the public. The text is presented at the first day of rehearsal and does not contain changes which the author may choose to make after the play has commenced its present season - these will be incorporated into any new edition published by Currency.' Currency Press.
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y separately published work icon A Fortunate Life A. B. Facey , 1980 (Manuscript version)14731177 14731171 1980 single work autobiography (taught in 4 units)

'Born in 1894, Albert Facey lived the rough frontier life of a sheep farmer, survived the gore of Gallipoli, raised a family through the Depression and spent sixty years with his beloved wife, Evelyn. Despite enduring hardships we can barely imagine today, Facey always saw his life as a "fortunate" one. A true classic of Australian literature, his simply written autobiography is an inspiration. It is the story of a life lived to the full – the extraordinary journey of an ordinary man.' (Penguin Australia abstract)
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Works about this Work

[Untitled] Cliff Gillam , 1989-1990 single work review
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , October/April no. 15-16 1989-1990; (p. 194-198)
— Review of A. B. Facey's A Fortunate Life Clem Gorman , 1987 single work drama biography ; The Hope Heather Nimmo , 1987 single work drama
[Untitled] Cliff Gillam , 1989-1990 single work review
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , October/April no. 15-16 1989-1990; (p. 194-198)
— Review of A. B. Facey's A Fortunate Life Clem Gorman , 1987 single work drama biography ; The Hope Heather Nimmo , 1987 single work drama
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  • Kalgoorlie, Goldfields area, Southeast Western Australia, Western Australia,
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    Australia,
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  • Gallipoli,
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    Turkey,
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    Middle East, Asia,
  • 1890s
  • 1900-1999
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