Issue Details: First known date: 2004... 2004 Flatfoot : Incorporating the Comedy 'The Swaggering Soldier' by Titus Maccius Plautus
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

A Roman playwright returns to the twenty-first century to see what's happening with comedy and discovers that modern writers have stolen all his plots, characters and techniques.

Production Details

  • Produced as part of the Noosa Longweekend, at the Noosa Arts Theatre, Weyba Road, Noosa, 27 June - 6 July 2003.
  • First produced by Ensemble and Christine Dunstan Productions at the Ensemble Theatre, Sydney, 10 June 2004. Directed by Jonathan Biggins.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Currency Press , 2004 .
      Extent: 50p.
      ISBN: 0868197351
      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.

Works about this Work

Amigos and Flatfoot by David Williamson Bill Wootton , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 13 no. 2 2005; (p. 8-9)

— Review of Amigos David Williamson , 2004 single work drama ; Flatfoot : Incorporating the Comedy 'The Swaggering Soldier' by Titus Maccius Plautus David Williamson , 2004 single work drama
The Party's Nearly Over Ron Banks , 2004 single work column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 9 October 2004; (p. 10-11)
Dexterous Forsythe Shines but Needs More Venom Lenny Ann Low , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 21 June 2004;

— Review of Flatfoot : Incorporating the Comedy 'The Swaggering Soldier' by Titus Maccius Plautus David Williamson , 2004 single work drama
Venting Passions in Paradise Scott Bevan , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 30 June 2003; (p. 11)

— Review of Flatfoot : Incorporating the Comedy 'The Swaggering Soldier' by Titus Maccius Plautus David Williamson , 2004 single work drama
Venting Passions in Paradise Scott Bevan , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 30 June 2003; (p. 11)

— Review of Flatfoot : Incorporating the Comedy 'The Swaggering Soldier' by Titus Maccius Plautus David Williamson , 2004 single work drama
Dexterous Forsythe Shines but Needs More Venom Lenny Ann Low , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 21 June 2004;

— Review of Flatfoot : Incorporating the Comedy 'The Swaggering Soldier' by Titus Maccius Plautus David Williamson , 2004 single work drama
Amigos and Flatfoot by David Williamson Bill Wootton , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 13 no. 2 2005; (p. 8-9)

— Review of Amigos David Williamson , 2004 single work drama ; Flatfoot : Incorporating the Comedy 'The Swaggering Soldier' by Titus Maccius Plautus David Williamson , 2004 single work drama
The Party's Nearly Over Ron Banks , 2004 single work column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 9 October 2004; (p. 10-11)
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