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First known date: 1994 Issue Details: First known date: 1994... 1994 Good Works
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'Good Works is an enthralling memory play set across several decades and three generations. Centred on two boyhood friends whose family histories shape them as men, this is a tale of past crimes and misdemeanours, and innocence lost.'

Source: Production summary (Darlinghurst Theatre Company, 2015)

Notes

  • Dedication: For Douglas Hedge, with thanks and love.

Production Details

  • First produced by the Q Theatre, Penrith, NSW, 29 July 1994.

    Director: Adam Cook.

    Composer: Ian McDonald.

    Performed by the Darlinghurst Theatre Company at the Eternity Playhouse 31 October - 29 November, 2015.

    Director: Iain Sinclair.

    Production Designer: Hugh O’Connor.

    ​Lighting Designer: Sian James-Holland.

    Composer & Sound Designer: Nate Edmondson.

    Assistant Director: Nick Radinoff.

    Fight Choreographer: Scott Witt.

    Movement Choreographer: Julia Cotton.

    Cast: Taylor Ferguson (Rita), Lucy Goleby (Mary Margaret), Anthony Gooley (Shane / Neil), Stephen Multari (Tim / Eddie), Jamie Oxenbould (Alan / Brother Clement / Barry / Mr Donovan), and ​Toni Scanlan (Mother John / Mrs Kennedy / Mrs Donovan).

Contents

* Contents derived from the Strawberry Hills, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,:Currency Press , 2015 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Good Works : An Introduction, Anne Pender , single work essay (p. vii-xiii)
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Melbourne, Victoria,: Currency Press ; Playbox Theatre Centre, Monash University , 1995 .
      Extent: vi, 57p.p.
      Description: illus., ports.
      ISBN: 0868194336 (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.
    • Strawberry Hills, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Currency Press , 2015 .
      image of person or book cover 7992083828854495064.jpg
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      Extent: 64p.
      Note/s:
      • Published: 29th October 2015
      ISBN: 9781925005622
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Good Works Nick Enright , 1998 extract drama (Good Works)
— Appears in: The Actor's Audition Manual 1998; (p. 115-16)
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Works about this Work

Eternity Delivers Stunning Production of Intricate Family Saga Jason Blake , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 6 November 2015; (p. 17)
— Review of Good Works Nick Enright , 1994 single work drama
Bleeding Hearts Find Love in Funny Places Elissa Blake , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 16 October 2015; (p. 6)
— Review of Good Works Nick Enright , 1994 single work drama ; Blood Bank Christopher Harley , 2015 single work drama
Good Works : An Introduction Anne Pender , 2015 single work essay
— Appears in: Good Works 2015; (p. vii-xiii)
Mongrels and Young Curs: The Hounding of the Feminine in St James Infirmary, Good Works, Blackrock and Spurboard Jane O'Sullivan , 2008 single work criticism
— Appears in: Nick Enright : An Actor's Playwright 2008; (p. 127-142)
From Gay and Lesbian to Queer Theatre Bruce Parr , 1998 single work criticism
— Appears in: Our Australian Theatre in the 1990s 1998; (p. 89-103) Beginning with a reading of Good Works, Bruce Parr looks at a number of gay and lesbian theatre productions, and how such performances can be understood as 'making queer all sexualities and all theatre' (89).
Cross-Currents, Intrigue Pamela Payne , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 7 August 1994; (p. 123)
— Review of Good Works Nick Enright , 1994 single work drama
Love and Conflict in Life's Prison Philippa Walsh , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Telegraph , 7 August 1994; (p. 155)
— Review of Good Works Nick Enright , 1994 single work drama
Untitled John McCallum , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 5 August 1994; (p. 8)
— Review of Good Works Nick Enright , 1994 single work drama
Doomed to Intersect on Time's Collision Course Ann Nugent , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 27 May 1995; (p. C8)
— Review of Good Works Nick Enright , 1994 single work drama
Untitled Gabrielle Hyslop , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 2 June 1995; (p. 16)
— Review of Good Works Nick Enright , 1994 single work drama
From Gay and Lesbian to Queer Theatre Bruce Parr , 1998 single work criticism
— Appears in: Our Australian Theatre in the 1990s 1998; (p. 89-103) Beginning with a reading of Good Works, Bruce Parr looks at a number of gay and lesbian theatre productions, and how such performances can be understood as 'making queer all sexualities and all theatre' (89).
Mongrels and Young Curs: The Hounding of the Feminine in St James Infirmary, Good Works, Blackrock and Spurboard Jane O'Sullivan , 2008 single work criticism
— Appears in: Nick Enright : An Actor's Playwright 2008; (p. 127-142)
It All Works for Nick Louise Nunn , 1996 single work biography
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 24 August 1996; (p. 10)
Good Works Helen Musa , 1995 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: Muse , May no. 141 1995; (p. 18)
When Love Fails to Conquer All Danielle Wood , 1996 single work column biography
— Appears in: The Mercury , 26 September 1996; (p. 29)
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