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Issue Details: First known date: 1998... 1998 A Beautiful Life
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'An Iranian family living in Australia attempts to escape memories of torture endured back home. Their role in the 1992 raid on the Iranian Embassy in Canberra leads to persecution by the Australian government. Based on a true story.'

Source: Australian Plays (https://australianplays.org/script/CP-109/) (Sighted 22/02/2018).

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Production Details

  • First performed at La Boite Theatre on 27 August 1998.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Strawberry Hills, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,:Currency Press , 2000 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
A Beautiful Life : Foreword, Janis Balodis , single work criticism (p. vii-xiv)
A Beautiful Life : Authors' Introduction, Michael Futcher , Helen Howard , single work criticism biography (p. xv-xviii)
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 1998
    • Strawberry Hills, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Currency Press , 2000 .
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      Extent: xiv, 102p.p.
      Description: illus., ports.
      Note/s:
      • Introduced by the Authors, foreword by Janis Balodis.
      ISBN: 0868196053
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Lively Art, Dismal Science : A Century of Queensland Playwriting Paul Galloway , 2002 single work criticism
— Appears in: Hot Iron Corrugated Sky : 100 Years of Queensland Writing 2002; (p. 200-213)
All About Life on Many Merry-Go-Rounds Stella Pulo , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 15 no. 1 2001; (p. 60-61)
— Review of A Beautiful Life Michael Futcher , Helen Howard , 1998 single work drama ; Life after George Hannie Rayson , 2000 single work drama
Untitled Geoffrey Milne , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , April no. 38 2001; (p. 98-101)
— Review of A Beautiful Life Michael Futcher , Helen Howard , 1998 single work drama
A Beautiful Life : Authors' Introduction Michael Futcher , Helen Howard , 2000 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: A Beautiful Life 2000; (p. xv-xviii)
A Beautiful Life : Foreword Janis Balodis , 2000 single work criticism
— Appears in: A Beautiful Life 2000; (p. vii-xiv)
Untitled Geoffrey Milne , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , April no. 38 2001; (p. 98-101)
— Review of A Beautiful Life Michael Futcher , Helen Howard , 1998 single work drama
All About Life on Many Merry-Go-Rounds Stella Pulo , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 15 no. 1 2001; (p. 60-61)
— Review of A Beautiful Life Michael Futcher , Helen Howard , 1998 single work drama ; Life after George Hannie Rayson , 2000 single work drama
Lively Art, Dismal Science : A Century of Queensland Playwriting Paul Galloway , 2002 single work criticism
— Appears in: Hot Iron Corrugated Sky : 100 Years of Queensland Writing 2002; (p. 200-213)
A Beautiful Life : Foreword Janis Balodis , 2000 single work criticism
— Appears in: A Beautiful Life 2000; (p. vii-xiv)
A Beautiful Life : Authors' Introduction Michael Futcher , Helen Howard , 2000 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: A Beautiful Life 2000; (p. xv-xviii)
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