Barry Dickins
Barry Dickins is an author, artist and playwright based in Melbourne. His writing for the stage spans more than two decades and includes the plays: Royboys, A Dickins’ Christmas, The Death of Minnie, Reservoir by Night and Insouciance…
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Remember Ronald Ryan
The human and political story of the last man to be executed in Australia, Remember Ronald Ryan won …
Year:
Secondary, Year 10
Author:
Barry Dickins
Publisher:
Currency Press
Published year:
1994
Teacher Resource
Essay
Radiance
Three half-sisters who have drifted far apart meet again at the ramshackle house on stilts where …
Year:
Secondary, Year 10
Author:
Louis Nowra
Publisher:
Currency Press
Published year:
1993
Teacher Resource
Essay
Louis Nowra
Louis Nowra was born in Melbourne. His plays include Page 8 (with David Page), The Woman With Dog's Eyes, The Marvellous Boy, The Emperor of Sydney, Inner Voices, Visions, Inside The Island, The Precious Woman, Sunrise, The Golden Age, Capricornia, …
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The One Day of the Year
Undoubtedly one of Australia's favourite plays, The One Day of the Year explores the universal theme…
Year:
Secondary, Year 10, Year 9
Author:
Alan Seymour
Publisher:
Angus & Robertson
Published year:
1958
Teacher Resource
Essay 1
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Alan Seymour
Alan Seymour, born 1927 in Fremantle, Western Australia, is an Australian playwright and author best known for his play The One Day of the Year (1958). When Alan was nine, his father was killed in a wharf accident, after that he was raised by his …
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Jack Davis
Jack Davis (1917–1999) began writing when he was fourteen years old. The fourth child in a family of eleven, he spent his childhood in the West Australian mill town of Yarloop. He worked for several years as a stockman in the north before returning…
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No Sugar
Commissioned for the 1985 Perth Festival, this is the spirited story of the Millimurra family’s …
Year:
Secondary, Year 12
Author:
Jack Davis
Publisher:
Currency Press
Published year:
1985
Teacher Resource
Essay
Hannie Rayson
Hannie Rayson has established a reputation for topical, complex dramas written with wit and humour. A graduate of Melbourne University and the Victorian College of the Arts, she has an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from La Trobe University and is a …
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Hotel Sorrento
Hilary lives in seaside Sorrento with her father and sixteen-year-old son; Pippa is visiting from …
Year:
Secondary, Year 11, Year 12
Author:
Hannie Rayson
Publisher:
Currency Press
Published year:
1990
Teacher Resource
Essay 1
Essay 2