y separately published work icon Assault with a Deadly Weapon single work   drama   - Two acts
Issue Details: First known date: 1970... 1970 Assault with a Deadly Weapon
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form y separately published work icon Gross Misconduct Lance Peters , Gerard Maguire , ( dir. George T. Miller ) Australia : David Hannay Productions , 1993 Z364695 1993 single work film/TV thriller crime

A tale of love, lust, and betrayal, Gross Misconduct is loosely based on the real-life events surrounding an American college professor who was wrongly accused of raping one of his female students in the 1950s. The professor, Justin Thorne, is well liked by his students and is also the envy of his peers. When a young girl's fantasy turns to obsession, however, it threatens to destroy everything he holds dear: his freedom, his family, and his career. Fearing to expose the real rapist because of the shame it will cause her, the student wrestles with her conscience, the only thing standing between the professor and long-term incarceration.

Production Details

  • First produced at the Playhouse Theatre, Perth, Western Australia by the National Theatre of Western Australia, 21 July 1971. Directed by Jon Ewing.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

      1970 .
      Extent: [8], 120p.p.
      (Manuscript) assertion
      Note/s:
      • Note on title-page 'Queensland Theatre Company' and number '19'.

      Holdings

      Held at: University of Queensland University of Queensland Library Fryer Library
      Local Id: H1355

Works about this Work

Cardboard Cutouts Brian Hoad , 1971 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 18 September vol. 93 no. 4773 1971; (p. 44)

— Review of Assault with a Deadly Weapon Lance Peters , 1970 single work drama
Cardboard Cutouts Brian Hoad , 1971 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 18 September vol. 93 no. 4773 1971; (p. 44)

— Review of Assault with a Deadly Weapon Lance Peters , 1970 single work drama
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