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form yDead HeartNicholas Parsons,
( dir. Nicholas Parsons)Australia:Dead Heart Productions,1995Z13596971995single work film/TV thriller crime
A second-generation white Northern Territory police officer must deal with the clash between white law and black law after a young Indigenous Australian man is found dead in police custody.
Notes
Dedication: For Brian Syron, who provided the inspiration; John Clark, who provided the means; Joanna Arrowsmith, who showed me the way; and my father, who gave me many things.
Production Details
First produced by the National Institute of Dramatic Art Co., at the NIDA Theatre, Kensington, Sydney, 12 May 1993.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Series:Current Theatre SeriesCurrency 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.