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'You can think of me as Ruby Wagtail Big Noise Anderson Rangi Ando Heifer Andy Langford.
Ruby Langford Ginibi's Don't Take Your Love to Town is one of Australia's great and abiding books. Everything and nothing happens - from the small to the absolute, from the simple to the diabolical. Spanning most of the last century, from Coonabarabran to Surry Hills, it is the chronicle of a life.
And Ruby's is one hell of a life. Leah Purcell directs this one-woman show which attempts something a little bit glorious: to relive Ruby's big and soulful 70-something years in an evening. Don't Take Your Love to Town is about a lot of things - love, childhood, struggle, humour, family, work - but most of all it is a homage to Black Australia's extraordinary spirit of endurance. (Source: Belvoir St Theatre website.)
Ruby Langford Ginibi's Don't Take Your Love to Town is one of Australia's great and abiding books. Everything and nothing happens - from the small to the absolute, from the simple to the diabolical. Spanning most of the last century, from Coonabarabran to Surry Hills, it is the chronicle of a life.
And Ruby's is one hell of a life. Leah Purcell directs this one-woman show which attempts something a little bit glorious: to relive Ruby's big and soulful 70-something years in an evening. Don't Take Your Love to Town is about a lot of things - love, childhood, struggle, humour, family, work - but most of all it is a homage to Black Australia's extraordinary spirit of endurance. (Source: Belvoir St Theatre website.)
Production Details
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Performed at Indigenous Theatre at Belvoir. Preview: 29 November 2012.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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Don't Take Your Love to Town
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Penguin
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1988
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1988
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'Don’t Take Your Love to Town is a story of courage in the face of poverty and tragedy. Ruby recounts losing her mother when she was six, growing up in a mission in northern New South Wales and leaving home when she was fifteen. She lived in tin huts and tents in the bush and picked up work on the land while raising nine children virtually single-handedly. Later she struggled to make ends meet in the Koori areas of Sydney. Ruby is an amazing woman whose sense of humour has endured through all the hardships she has experienced.' (Source UQP website: www.uqp.uq.edu.au)
Works about this Work
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Leah Purcell Wins 2014 Balnaves Foundation Indigenous Playwright’s Award
2014
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 27 May 2014; The Age , 27 May 2014; The Canberra Times , 27 May 2014; -
Purcell's Tour de Force in a Beautiful, Moving Tribute to a Hard Life Well Lived
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 3 December 2012; (p. 15)
— Review of Don't Take Your Love to Town 2012 single work drama -
Incident-Packed Life, Powerful Performance
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 3 December 2012; (p. 9)
— Review of Don't Take Your Love to Town 2012 single work drama -
Ruby Is a Rare Gem
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 16 November 2012; (p. 11)
— Review of Don't Take Your Love to Town 2012 single work drama
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Ruby Is a Rare Gem
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 16 November 2012; (p. 11)
— Review of Don't Take Your Love to Town 2012 single work drama -
Incident-Packed Life, Powerful Performance
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 3 December 2012; (p. 9)
— Review of Don't Take Your Love to Town 2012 single work drama -
Purcell's Tour de Force in a Beautiful, Moving Tribute to a Hard Life Well Lived
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 3 December 2012; (p. 15)
— Review of Don't Take Your Love to Town 2012 single work drama -
Leah Purcell Wins 2014 Balnaves Foundation Indigenous Playwright’s Award
2014
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 27 May 2014; The Age , 27 May 2014; The Canberra Times , 27 May 2014;
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