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Issue Details: First known date: 1994... 1994 Underwear, Perfume and Crash Helmet
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'Many diverse lives hurtle together in this play—a former hippy entering the political limelight, her musician brother, a right-wing philosopher and a young, disturbed woman.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Production Details

  • First produced by the Playbox Theatre Centre at the CUB Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne, 12 July to 6 August 1994.

    Director: Bruce Myles.

    Designer: Judith Cobb.

    Lighting Designer: Glenn Hughes.

    Composer: Stuart Greenbaum.

    Cast: Janet Andrewartha, John Gregg, Tammy McCarthy, Penelope Stewart, David Tredinnick, and Simon Wilton.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Currency Press ; Playbox Theatre , 1994 .
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      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 73p.
      Description: illus., ports
      ISBN: 0868193860 (pbk.)
      Series: Current Theatre Series Currency 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.
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Works about this Work

'Who's the Bigger Dill?' : The Madhouse in Recent Australian Drama Veronica Kelly , 1998 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Body in the Library 1998; (p. 167-184)
[Review] Sex Diary of an Infidel Geoffrey Milne , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , April no. 30 1997; (p. 115-120)
— Review of Underwear, Perfume and Crash Helmet Michael Gurr , 1994 single work drama ; Jerusalem Michael Gurr , 1996 single work drama ; All Souls Daniel Keene , 1993 single work drama ; Sex Diary of an Infidel Michael Gurr , 1992 single work drama
Sharp Focus on Australian Politics Peter Kohn , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Jewish News (Life/Style) , 22 July vol. 60 no. 43 1994; (p. 7)
— Review of Underwear, Perfume and Crash Helmet Michael Gurr , 1994 single work drama
Untitled Helen Thomson , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 22 July 1994; (p. 12)
— Review of Underwear, Perfume and Crash Helmet Michael Gurr , 1994 single work drama
Undies Get in Too Much of a Twist Fiona Scott-Norman , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 26 July vol. 116 no. 5930 1994; (p. 84-85)
— Review of Underwear, Perfume and Crash Helmet Michael Gurr , 1994 single work drama
Serious Play in the Danger Zone John Larkin , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 10 July 1994; (p. 7)
— Review of Underwear, Perfume and Crash Helmet Michael Gurr , 1994 single work drama
Taking the Tories to Task John Larkin , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 17 July 1994; (p. 7)
— Review of Underwear, Perfume and Crash Helmet Michael Gurr , 1994 single work drama
Undies Get in Too Much of a Twist Fiona Scott-Norman , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 26 July vol. 116 no. 5930 1994; (p. 84-85)
— Review of Underwear, Perfume and Crash Helmet Michael Gurr , 1994 single work drama
Untitled Helen Thomson , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 22 July 1994; (p. 12)
— Review of Underwear, Perfume and Crash Helmet Michael Gurr , 1994 single work drama
Sharp Focus on Australian Politics Peter Kohn , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Jewish News (Life/Style) , 22 July vol. 60 no. 43 1994; (p. 7)
— Review of Underwear, Perfume and Crash Helmet Michael Gurr , 1994 single work drama
'Who's the Bigger Dill?' : The Madhouse in Recent Australian Drama Veronica Kelly , 1998 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Body in the Library 1998; (p. 167-184)
Writer Likes to `Rattle' the Audience Mike Daly , 1993 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 20 October 1993; (p. 27)
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Last amended 3 May 2017 14:12:01
Subjects:
Settings:
  • Melbourne, Victoria,
  • 1990s
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