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'Australia's best-known playwright returns to MTC as we've never seen him before, using the greatest media scandal of modern times as the launchpad for a maverick theatrical presentation.

'Rupert Murdoch was born in Melbourne to one of the most powerful families in the nation. And it was here that his astonishing career began. Right-wing demigod, charismatic businessman, devoted father, news baron with printer's ink in his veins - Rupert is seemingly omniscient and omnipotent. And then came the Leveson Inquiry.

'A world premiere, this enthralling political fantasia sees Rupert forging his destiny, and making our history, in what promises to be one of the most discussed plays of the decade.' (Source: Melbourne Theatre Company website)

Production Details

Premiered at the Playhouse, Arts Centre Melbourne, as a Melbourne Theatre Company production, 24 August to 28 September 2013.

Director: Lee Lewis.

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Review : Rupert Elissa Blake , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 7 December 2014; (p. 14)
— Review of Rupert David Williamson , 2013 single work drama

Skimming Surface of Man behind the Mogul Jason Blake , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 1 December 2014; (p. 11)
— Review of Rupert David Williamson , 2013 single work drama

Big Wigs and Leading Ladies Elissa Blake , 2014 single work column
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 23 November 2014; (p. 6-7)

Keeping up with Rupert Nick Galvin , 2014 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 22-23 November 2014; (p. 12-13)

Generation Gap Closes to Bring ’ 80s Back to Life on the Stage Elissa Blake , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 22 October 2014; (p. 16)
— Review of Emerald City David Williamson , 1986 single work drama ; Rupert David Williamson , 2013 single work drama

Rupert Goes Global Again Sonia Harford , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 16 July 2013; (p. 2)
— Review of Rupert David Williamson , 2013 single work drama

Power and the Story : A media Mogul's Life Sonia Harford , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 23 July 2013; (p. 30)
— Review of Rupert David Williamson , 2013 single work drama

Keeping Up with Rupert 24-Hour Assignment Matthew Westwood , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 29 August 2013; (p. 15)
— Review of Rupert David Williamson , 2013 single work drama

Rupert's Tale Captivating but Lacks a Mogul Laid Bare Rebecca Harkins-Cross , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 31 August 2013; (p. 22)
— Review of Rupert David Williamson , 2013 single work drama

Kingmaker Under a Powerful Microscope Chris Boyd , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 2 September 2013; (p. 14)
— Review of Rupert David Williamson , 2013 single work drama

Williamson Immortalises Murdoch's Winter of Discontent Robin Usher , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 24 August 2012; (p. 7)

Playwriting's Giant Sniffs a Hit in the Murdoch Success Michaela Boland , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Australian , 24 August 2012; (p. 3)

The Power and the Story : Williamson Turns His Pen on Murdoch, A Modern Richard III Robin Usher , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 24 August 2012; (p. 3)