y separately published work icon Clowning Sim single work   novel   young adult  
Issue Details: First known date: 1988... 1988 Clowning Sim
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Adaptations

form y separately published work icon Clowning Around Tony Cavanaugh , John Coulter , Shane Brennan , ( dir. George Whaley ) Western Australia : Barron Entertainment , 1991-1993 Z1900833 1991-1993 series - publisher film/TV

Two series tracing the ambitions of Sim, who longs to be a clown.

In series one:

'Fifteen-year-old Sim wants to be a clown. His third set of foster parents think he's as nutty as an Australian fruit cake. So he runs away, joins an outback rodeo, then a travelling circus. He is taught the art of clowning by a former clown, Anatole, an iron-willed Frenchman who is no longer able to perform. When Anatole returns to Paris, Sim follows, and is finally given the chance to perform at the famous Winter Circus'.

In series two:

'Sim is now a clown at the Winter Circus in Paris. Ambitious and determined to become a great clown, Sim becomes intrigued with the 'modern' circus routines pioneered by Circus Oz and Cirque du Soleil. When Sim suddenly inherits a share in the Rathnow Circus back in Australia, he has a chance to create his own 'suitcase' style of circus that is unique to his own character and experience.'

Source: Screen Australia. (Sighted: 13/11/2012)

Notes

  • Dedication: For Christopher, Katherine and Timothy.
  • Epigraph: 'Thou didst not preach to make us wise, / Thou hadst no finger in our schooling, / Thou didst not lure us to the skies, / Thy simple, simple trade was - fooling' (Thomas Hood, on the clown Grimaldi).

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Blackburn, Blackburn - Mitcham - Vermont area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Collins Dove , 1988 .
      Extent: 202p.
      ISBN: 0859246965
Alternative title: Klaun na cestach
Language: Czech

Works about this Work

Untitled Lois McVitty , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 33 no. 1 1989; (p. 28)

— Review of Clowning Sim David Martin , 1988 single work novel
Untitled Joanne Horniman , 1988 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 3 no. 5 1988; (p. 31)

— Review of Clowning Sim David Martin , 1988 single work novel
Untitled Joanne Horniman , 1988 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 3 no. 5 1988; (p. 31)

— Review of Clowning Sim David Martin , 1988 single work novel
Untitled Lois McVitty , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 33 no. 1 1989; (p. 28)

— Review of Clowning Sim David Martin , 1988 single work novel
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