y separately published work icon Eden House : A Play in Three Acts single work   drama   - Three acts
Alternative title: Home on the Pig's Back
  • Author:agent Hal Porter http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/porter-hal
Issue Details: First known date: 1969... 1969 Eden House : A Play in Three Acts
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Adaptations

form y separately published work icon Eden House Hal Porter , ( dir. Eric Tayler ) Melbourne : ABC Television , 1970 Z1864065 1970 single work film/TV

Notes

  • Dedication: For Irene Mitchell with respect, admiration, and love

Production Details

  • First produced at St Martin's Theatre, Sth Yarra, Melbourne, 26 March 1969. Also produced in London under the title 'Home on the Pig's Back', 1972.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Notes:
Typescript copy also at Mitchell Library(NSL)
      ca. 1969 .
      Extent: 52 leavesp.
      Description: Typescript (duplicated).
      (Manuscript) assertion
      Note/s:
      • Pencil alterations on some pages.

      Holdings

      Held at: University of Queensland University of Queensland Library Fryer Library
      Local Id: H1387
      ca. 1969 .
      Extent: 103 leavesp.
      (Manuscript) assertion
      Note/s:
      • Unpublished playscript in typescript, reproduced stylographically for St. Martin's Theatre, Melbourne.

      Holdings

      Held at: State Library of Victoria
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Other Formats

  • Also sound recording.
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Works about this Work

Abominable Scripts : Hal Porter's Plays Noel Rowe , 2005 single work criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 4 no. 2005; (p. 23-34) Rowe reads Porter's plays 'in order to talk about ethics and literature, arguing for a narrative model of ethical reflection that recognises the constitutive role of narrative (literary, social, personal) in ethical being '(Editorial p.8).
y separately published work icon Hal Porter : A Man of Many Parts Mary Lord , Milsons Point : Random House , 1993 Z475586 1993 single work biography
Hal Porter, 'The Tower' and the Quintessence of Porterism Giovanna Capone , 1991 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , vol. 15 no. 2 1991; (p. 162-172)
Suspense in Eden 1970 single work column
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 21 February vol. 92 no. 4692 1970; (p. 21)
Review : Eden House : A Play in Three Acts E. Johnston , 1970 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 2 June 1970; (p. 7a)
— Review of Eden House : A Play in Three Acts Hal Porter , 1969 single work drama
Review : Eden House : A Play in Three Acts Katharine Brisbane , 1969 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 16 April 1969; (p. 10)
— Review of Eden House : A Play in Three Acts Hal Porter , 1969 single work drama
Facing One Way R. G. Geering , 1970 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 30 no. 4 1970; (p. 314-315)
— Review of Eden House : A Play in Three Acts Hal Porter , 1969 single work drama
Review : Eden House : A Play in Three Acts Hope Hewitt , 1970 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 14 March 1970; (p. 13)
— Review of Eden House : A Play in Three Acts Hal Porter , 1969 single work drama
Review : Eden House : A Play in Three Acts Derek Whitelock , 1970 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November vol. 10 no. 1 1970; (p. 14)
— Review of Eden House : A Play in Three Acts Hal Porter , 1969 single work drama
Bluff Hal's Triumph Phillip Adams , 1969 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 12 April vol. 91 no. 4648 1969; (p. 47-48)
— Review of Eden House : A Play in Three Acts Hal Porter , 1969 single work drama
Abominable Scripts : Hal Porter's Plays Noel Rowe , 2005 single work criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 4 no. 2005; (p. 23-34) Rowe reads Porter's plays 'in order to talk about ethics and literature, arguing for a narrative model of ethical reflection that recognises the constitutive role of narrative (literary, social, personal) in ethical being '(Editorial p.8).
The Play That Took a Fortnight to Write Leonard Radic , 1969 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 22 March 1969; (p. 9)
Eden House as Battleground Barbara Manning , 1969 single work column biography
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 5 April vol. 91 no. 4647 1969; (p. 38-39)
Suspense in Eden 1970 single work column
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 21 February vol. 92 no. 4692 1970; (p. 21)
Hal Porter, 'The Tower' and the Quintessence of Porterism Giovanna Capone , 1991 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , vol. 15 no. 2 1991; (p. 162-172)
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