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Issue Details: First known date: 2002... 2002 Milo's Wake
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"Milo’s Wake (written by Margery and Michael Forde) is a tragi-comedy set in an Irish-style pub somewhere in Australia. Milo O’Connor has organised his own wake because he’s a bit down and wants to give people a chance to say something nice about him - and have a bit of a sing-along."

Source: Richmond players, https://www.richmondplayers.com.au/milos-wake.html (accessed 5/2/25)

Affiliation Notes

  • This work has been affiliated with the Irishness in Australian Literature dataset because it contains Irish characters, tropes and themes.

Production Details

  • First performed by La Boite Theatre in Brisbane on 17 August 2000. Production directed by Jim Vile.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Strawberry Hills, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Currency Press , 2002 .
      Extent: iv, 63, xvip.p.
      Description: ports.
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Works about this Work

'Have You No Homes to Go to?' : Staging the Diaspora, a Study of Milo's Wake Julie-Ann Robson , 2003 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , October no. 43 2003; (p. 148-163)
Death Becomes Him Brett Debritz , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Brisbane News , 6 - 12 November 2002; (p. 8)
— Review of Milo's Wake Margery Forde , Michael Forde , 2002 single work drama
A Night Spent Healing the Pain and Waking the Dead Helen Thomson , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 13 May 2002; (p. 5)
Playing It for Laughs Patricia Kelly , 2001 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 2 June 2001; (p. 10)
Death Becomes Him Brett Debritz , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Brisbane News , 6 - 12 November 2002; (p. 8)
— Review of Milo's Wake Margery Forde , Michael Forde , 2002 single work drama
'Have You No Homes to Go to?' : Staging the Diaspora, a Study of Milo's Wake Julie-Ann Robson , 2003 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , October no. 43 2003; (p. 148-163)
Playing It for Laughs Patricia Kelly , 2001 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 2 June 2001; (p. 10)
A Night Spent Healing the Pain and Waking the Dead Helen Thomson , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 13 May 2002; (p. 5)
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