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y separately published work icon Gossip from the Forest single work   drama  
Adaptation of Gossip from the Forest Thomas Keneally , 1975 single work novel
Issue Details: First known date: 1983... 1983 Gossip from the Forest
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

In 1918 at Compiègne, France, a group of men meet to wrangle an armistice on which neither wants to capitulate.

Production Details

  • Produced and presented by the Sydney Theatre Company, 5 May - 11 June 1983, at the Drama Theatre, Sydney Opera House.

    Director: Aarne Neeme.

    Designer: David Aitken.

    Composer: Allan McFadden.

    Lighting Designer: Tony Youlden.

    Cast: Alan Cassell (Matthias Erzberger), John Doyle (Admiral Hope), Ron Haddrick (Count von Maiberling), Bob Hornery (Gen. von Winterfeldt), Rhys McConnochie (Lord Wemyss), Dennis Miller (Marshall Foch), Ken Shorter (Captain Vanselow), and Alan Tobin (Gen. Weygard).

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 1983

Works about this Work

Keneally War Story on Stage Jeremy Eccles , 1983 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 30 April 1983; (p. 14)

— Review of Gossip from the Forest Thomas Keneally , 1983 single work drama
Keneally War Story on Stage Jeremy Eccles , 1983 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 30 April 1983; (p. 14)

— Review of Gossip from the Forest Thomas Keneally , 1983 single work drama
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