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Issue Details: First known date: 2009... 2009 Poor Boy
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'It's Jem Glass' seventh birthday. The cake is made, the party is about to start. But something's wrong. Jem has been fainting, he thinks there is a man in his radio and he is about to shock the rest of the family with a startling announcement.

'A black cloud hangs over the Prior family home. Danny, the eldest son, was killed by a car seven years ago and the burden of grief borne by his widow and his mother has failed to diminish over time. All they have left are memories and prayers.

'That is until Jem arrives at their house, claiming that he is Danny reborn.

'As the lives of these two fractured families are flung together, the gripping mystery begins to unravel.

'''Poor Boy' asks big questions about humanity and our place in the universe. What is a soul and if we have one, who owns it? What do we believe in? What is faith and how do we know when it is misplaced? The resulting family drama is at once incandescently comic and radiantly uplifting.

'From the pen of playwright Matt Cameron, 'Poor Boy' is inspired by an original idea and songs from the legendary Tim Finn.' (STC blurb, http://sydneytheatre.com.au/)

Adaptations

form y separately published work icon Poor Boy Matt Cameron , ( dir. Guy Pearce ) Australia : Wildheart Films Pty Ltd , 2018 13352867 2018 single work film/TV mystery

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Production Details

  • First produced by the Sydney Theatre Company in a co-production with Melbourne Theatre Company from 9 July to 1 August 2009. Director: Simon Phillips.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 2009

Works about this Work

Untitled Nicholas Pickard , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 12 July 2009; (p. 19)

— Review of Poor Boy Matt Cameron , 2009 single work drama
Newton the Ghost Who Squawks in Supernatural Soap Opera Jason Blake , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 11-12 July 2009; (p. 19)

— Review of Poor Boy Matt Cameron , 2009 single work drama
History Repeats for Kiwi Classics Sacha Molitorisz , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 4-5 July 2009; (p. 11)
Untitled John Bailey , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 8 February 2009; (p. 28)

— Review of Poor Boy Matt Cameron , 2009 single work drama
Sumptuous Yet Thin Finn Offering Alison Croggon , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 30 January 2009; (p. 10)

— Review of Poor Boy Matt Cameron , 2009 single work drama
A Ghost Story of Notes Rosalie Higson , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 5 January 2008; (p. 8)

— Review of Poor Boy Matt Cameron , 2009 single work drama
Sumptuous Yet Thin Finn Offering Alison Croggon , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 30 January 2009; (p. 10)

— Review of Poor Boy Matt Cameron , 2009 single work drama
Untitled John Bailey , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 8 February 2009; (p. 28)

— Review of Poor Boy Matt Cameron , 2009 single work drama
Newton the Ghost Who Squawks in Supernatural Soap Opera Jason Blake , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 11-12 July 2009; (p. 19)

— Review of Poor Boy Matt Cameron , 2009 single work drama
Untitled Nicholas Pickard , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 12 July 2009; (p. 19)

— Review of Poor Boy Matt Cameron , 2009 single work drama
A Man of Many Parts Gabriella Coslovich , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 17 January 2009; (p. 12-13)
History Repeats for Kiwi Classics Sacha Molitorisz , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 4-5 July 2009; (p. 11)
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