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Bobbin Up single work   drama  
Issue Details: First known date: 1993... 1993 Bobbin Up
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Production Details

  • Nick Enright adapted for the stage Dorothy Hewett's novel, Bobbin Up, - a world premiere National Institute of Dramatic Art Student production, NIDA Theatre, 12 -14 March 1993. Directors: Nick Enright and Kirsty Reilly.
  • Produced and performed by the students of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (Edith Cowan University) in the Acting Studio from 18-23 September 1993. Directed by Chris Edmund and starring Monique Spanbrook and Daniel O'Connell.

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First known date: 1993
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Related Works

y separately published work icon Bobbin Up : A Novel Dorothy Hewett , Melbourne : Australasian Book Society , 1959 Z813008 1959 single work novel (taught in 7 units) A classic novel about urban working-class life in 1950s Australia, combining the shifting narrative viewpoint pioneered by Modernism with a relentless realist mode. The book abounds with portraits of working women, married and unmarried, middle-aged and young, zestful and tired. These varied existences form the collective hero of the novel whose social message has lost nothing of its urgency. (Source: Trove)
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Works about this Work

Hewett Storyline Recalls the 50s Ron Banks , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 20 September 1993; (p. 5)
— Review of Bobbin Up Dorothy Hewett , Nick Enright , 1993 single work drama
Enright in the Spotlight Bryce Hallett , 1993 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 20-21 March 1993; (p. rev 10)
Hewett Storyline Recalls the 50s Ron Banks , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 20 September 1993; (p. 5)
— Review of Bobbin Up Dorothy Hewett , Nick Enright , 1993 single work drama
Enright in the Spotlight Bryce Hallett , 1993 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 20-21 March 1993; (p. rev 10)
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Last amended 9 Feb 2004 13:06:30
Subjects:
  • Urban,
  • Sydney, New South Wales,
Settings:
  • Sydney, New South Wales,
  • 1950s
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