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Issue Details: First known date: 2007... 2007 Toy Symphony
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'Roland Henning has writer's block. When he tries to explain the situation to a therapist, his story begins to tumble back and forth between his childhood in The Shire and his work as a playwright. At the root of it all is that extraordinary day in primary school which shattered his boyhood and plunged him headlong into the dizzy circus of life and art.'

Source: Belvoir Street website, http://www.belvoir.com.au
Sighted: 05/11/2007

Notes

  • The central character in 'Toy Symphony' is the playwright Roland Henning who first appeared in Gow's Furious.
  • Neil Armfield won the 2007 Sydney Theatre Award and the 2008 Helpmann Award for best director for the 2007 production of 'Toy Symphony'.
  • Dedication: For Diane and the whole idea of Karnak, where this was written.

Production Details

  • Produced by Company B at Belvoir St, Sydney, 11 November to 22 December 2007. Season directed by Neil Armfield.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 2007
    • Strawberry Hills, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Currency Press , 2008 .
      Extent: ix, 56p.p.
      Description: illus., ports
      Note/s:
      • Introduced by Neil Armfield.
      ISBN: 9780868198286 (pbk.)
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