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'Playwright and screenwriter David Williamson is Australia's best known and most popular dramatist. This authoritative account of Williamson's phenomenal career, draws on his early writings, unpublished drafts, letters and journal entries; as well as recollections off friends and colleagues.' (Publication abstract)

Notes

  • Dedication: For Mum.
  • Epigraph: From Henry Lawson, 'A Song of the Republic' (1887)

Contents

* Contents derived from the Port Melbourne, South Melbourne - Port Melbourne area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,:Heinemann , 1990 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
You've Got to Get on Jack, David Williamson , single work drama (p. 391-399)
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Port Melbourne, South Melbourne - Port Melbourne area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Heinemann , 1990 .
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      Extent: xiv, 414 p., [16] p. of platesp.
      Description: illus.
      ISBN: 0855613572
    • Paddington, Kings Cross area, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Currency Press , 1996 .
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      Extent: viii, 326 p., [16] p. of platesp.
      Edition info: Rev. ed.
      Description: illus.
      Note/s:
        • Includes index.
        • Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-316).
        • Includes videography (p. [317]-318).
      ISBN: 0868194824
    • Paddington, Kings Cross area, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Currency Press , 1996 .
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      Extent: viii, 326p.
      Edition info: Revised edition
      ISBN: 0868194824
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Works about this Work

Revised Study of Williamson Re-Views a Brilliant Career Norbert Schaffeld , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 11 no. 2 1997; (p. 129-130)
— Review of David Williamson : A Writer's Career Brian Kiernan , 1990 single work biography
To What Ends? Tim Bowers , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 149 1997; (p. 102-103)
— Review of David Williamson : A Writer's Career Brian Kiernan , 1990 single work biography
[Review] David Williamson : A Writer's Career Frances De Groen , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 18 no. 1 1997; (p. 105-107)
— Review of David Williamson : A Writer's Career Brian Kiernan , 1990 single work biography
Facts and Faxes Michael Morley , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 5-6 October 1996; (p. rev 8)
— Review of David Williamson : A Writer's Career Brian Kiernan , 1990 single work biography
Older, Wiser and Still the Best Maurice Dunlevy , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 21 September 1996; (p. C10)
— Review of David Williamson : A Writer's Career Brian Kiernan , 1990 single work biography
[Review] David Williamson : A Writer's Career David Williams , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: Fremantle Arts Review , October vol. 5 no. 10 1990; (p. 14-15)
— Review of David Williamson : A Writer's Career Brian Kiernan , 1990 single work biography
Older, Wiser and Still the Best Maurice Dunlevy , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 21 September 1996; (p. C10)
— Review of David Williamson : A Writer's Career Brian Kiernan , 1990 single work biography
Facts and Faxes Michael Morley , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 5-6 October 1996; (p. rev 8)
— Review of David Williamson : A Writer's Career Brian Kiernan , 1990 single work biography
[Review] David Williamson : A Writer's Career Frances De Groen , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 18 no. 1 1997; (p. 105-107)
— Review of David Williamson : A Writer's Career Brian Kiernan , 1990 single work biography
To What Ends? Tim Bowers , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 149 1997; (p. 102-103)
— Review of David Williamson : A Writer's Career Brian Kiernan , 1990 single work biography
A Flap in the Wings Peter Cochrane , 1990 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: Good Weekend , 10 March 1990; (p. 28-40)
Lofty Insights Richard Glover , 1990 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 24 March 1990; (p. 76)
My Mid-Life Career Philippa Hawker , 1990 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Sunday Herald , 11 March 1990; (p. 8-11)
The Man in the Gap Sandra Hall , 1990 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 27 March vol. 112 no. 5711 1990; (p. 107-108)
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