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Issue Details: First known date: 1991... 1991 All My Love
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'When Mary Gilmore first arrived in Sydney in 1890, at the age of twenty-four, Henry Lawson was sent by his formidable mother, Louisa, to call on Mary. Thus began one of Australia's greatest, and largely untold, love stories. Mary and Henry seemed destined to marry until a cruel act of deception kept them apart.

'All My Love is closely based on Mary Gilmore's own account of this remarkable relationship. It also draws on Lawson's autobiographical writing. This wonderful play tells the surprising and heartbreaking story of two of Australia's most significant writers in a compelling, tender and dramatic way.' (Publication summary)

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y separately published work icon All My Love Anne Brooksbank , 2015 8737056 2015 single work drama historical fiction

'Their lives could have been written so differently: the story of Henry Lawson and Mary Gilmore’s lost love makes its world premiere at The Joan in July 2015.

'Still revered across Australia, Henry Lawson is one of the nation’s favourite writers and poets. His contemporary, Mary Gilmore, was a literary icon and radical socialist. Both had enormous influence over each other. Both were heroes of literature. Both were later the face of Australia’s currency.

'Both were secretly betrothed to each other.

'At the end of the 19th Century, Mary Gilmore was introduced to the young Henry Lawson. As their friendship developed, Mary found herself caught in the midst of an intense relationship between Henry and his formidable mother, the suffragette Louise Lawson.

'What followed was the beginning of a love affair, soon thwarted by a devastating deception.

'After researching Mary Gilmore’s memoirs, writer Anne Brooksbank first uncovered the tale of loving promises between two of Australia’s most famous writers. Taken from excerpts from the couple’s surviving letters, this is the first time Henry and Mary’s forbidden relationship has been brought to the professional stage.'

Source: Blurb from the Joan Sutherland Centre for Performing Arts.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Port Melbourne, South Melbourne - Port Melbourne area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Heinemann , 1991 .
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      Extent: 246p.
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      Note/s:
      • Note on dust jacket: "The lost romance of Mary Gilmore and Henry Lawson."
      ISBN: 1863301453

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Works about this Work

On the Line [no.123, Winter 1991] Barrett Reid , 1991 single work criticism
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 123 1991; (p. 38-39)
Lawson, Gilmore: Loves and Letters of the Past Kaye Llewellyn , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 10 August 1991; (p. wkd 6)

— Review of All My Love Anne Brooksbank , 1991 single work novel
Hazards in Depicting Writers in a Novel Rob Johnson , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 2 March 1991; (p. 12)

— Review of All My Love Anne Brooksbank , 1991 single work novel
The Frustrated Love of Two Great Writers Mark Thomas , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 23 March 1991; (p. B9)

— Review of All My Love Anne Brooksbank , 1991 single work novel
That Henry and that Mary Elizabeth Riddell , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February-March no. 128 1991; (p. 11)

— Review of All My Love Anne Brooksbank , 1991 single work novel
Untitled Pamela Ruskin , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Jewish News , 22 February vol. 57 no. 22 1991; (p. 29)

— Review of Saigon : South of Beyond Robert Allen , 1990 single work novel ; Medium Flyers Penelope Nelson , 1990 single work novel ; All My Love Anne Brooksbank , 1991 single work novel ; A Reliable Source Ric Throssell , 1990 single work novel
Publishers, Examine Thyselves! Jane Stephens , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Society , March vol. 10 no. 3 1991; (p. 42-43)

— Review of Only One Adam Elizabeth Gittins , 1991 single work novel ; All My Love Anne Brooksbank , 1991 single work novel
When Harry Met Mary Jane Messer , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 9 February 1991; (p. 48)

— Review of All My Love Anne Brooksbank , 1991 single work novel
That Henry and that Mary Elizabeth Riddell , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February-March no. 128 1991; (p. 11)

— Review of All My Love Anne Brooksbank , 1991 single work novel
The Frustrated Love of Two Great Writers Mark Thomas , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 23 March 1991; (p. B9)

— Review of All My Love Anne Brooksbank , 1991 single work novel
On the Line [no.123, Winter 1991] Barrett Reid , 1991 single work criticism
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 123 1991; (p. 38-39)
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