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'February the 3rd, 1967. A man waits alone in a prison cell in Pentridge Prison in Coburg, Victoria. Very soon, he will either be pardoned for a crime he insists he never committed, or executed for it. As the clock ticks and voices outside scream his name for pardon or life imprisonment rather than death by hanging, he suffers to see whether he shall be spared or etched into the history books as one of the darkest moments in criminal history.
'Returning to the subject of his award-winning play Remembering Ronald Ryan, Barry Dickins crafts a haunting monologue, a portrait of a man on the edge of oblivion, pulled between accepting his fate and holding onto hope. ' (Publication summary)
Production Details
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Performed at La Mama Courthouse Theatre, Carlton, Melbourne : December 9 – 20 2015.
Director: Daniel Lammin.
Cast: Syd Brisbane.
Production Designer: Nathan Burmeister.
Sound Designer: Raya Slavin.
Lighting Designer: Brendan Jellie.
Stage Manager: Kevin Turner.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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Remember Ronald Ryan
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Playbox Theatre
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1994
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'The human and political story of the last man to be executed in Australia, Remember Ronald Ryan won the 1995 Victorian Premiers Literary Award. Dickins portrays the man behind the legend as lovable, cheeky, courageous, and wretched. This edition includes Ryan, a new monodrama spoken from Ryans perspective that speaks to a new audience from his poor and unmarked grave. (Barry Dickins)' (Publication summary)
Works about this Work
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Hanging on Every Word of a Dead Man Talking
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 11 December 2015; (p. 16)
— Review of Ryan 2015 single work drama
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Hanging on Every Word of a Dead Man Talking
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 11 December 2015; (p. 16)
— Review of Ryan 2015 single work drama
