y separately published work icon Henry and Peter and Henry and Me single work   drama   - Two acts
Issue Details: First known date: 1985... 1985 Henry and Peter and Henry and Me
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

Play with music.

Explores Louisa Lawson's relationships with her father, Henry Albury, her husband Peter Larsen, and Henry Lawson, her son.

Notes

  • Third in the 'Dreamers' trilogy devoted to turn-of-the-century Australian idealists, with 'No Room for Dreamers' and the unpublished 'The Ballad of Billy Lane'.

Production Details

    • First produced as a staged reading at the International Playwrights' Conference, Waterford, Connecticut, USA, August 1984.
    • Revised version first produced by the Island Theatre Co., Prince of Wales Theatre, Hobart, 11 October 1985. The music was composed by Terence Clarke (q.v.).

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Currency Press ; Tasmanian Theatre Trust , 1985 .
      Extent: 52p.
      ISBN: 0868191345
      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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Subjects:
  • Bush,
  • Grenfell, Grenfell - Quandialla area, Blayney - Cowra - Grenfell area, Central West NSW, New South Wales,
  • Sydney, New South Wales,
  • Mudgee, Mudgee area, Gulgong - Mudgee - Rylstone area, Central West NSW, New South Wales,
  • Urban,
Settings:
  • 1860-1919
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