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Susan Dermody Susan Dermody i(A23461 works by) (a.k.a. Susan Jane Lenina Murphy Dermody)
Born: Established: 1950 ;
Gender: Female
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1 1 Zen and the City Susan Dermody , 2005 single work essay
— Appears in: Heat , no. 9 (New Series) 2005; (p. 61-81)
1 1 form y separately published work icon Breathing Under Water Susan Dermody , ( dir. Susan Dermody ) Australia : Periscope Productions , 1991 7890411 1991 single work film/TV fantasy

'A late 20th century Beatrice (Anne Louise Lambert), mother of a young child, keeps a map ‘dredged from her dreams’ in a copy of Dante’s Inferno. Prompted by questions from her young daughter Maeve (Maeve Dermody), and feeling unease with her own historical present, Beatrice is compelled to make a journey to the underworld. Armed with her map, she and Maeve find a guide, a modern day Hermes-like taxi driver named Herman (Kristoffer Greaves), to take them below the city’s surface. Herman leads Beatrice and Maeve through the gates of Pluto’s Republic, to begin their subterranean journey.'

Source: Australian Screen.
1 Two Remakes : Ideologies of Film Production 1919-1932 Susan Dermody , 1982 single work criticism
— Appears in: Nellie Melba, Ginger Meggs and Friends : Essays in Australian Cultural History 1982; (p. 33-59)
1 Australian Cultural Studies : Problems and Dilemmas Susan Dermody , Drusilla Modjeska , John Docker , 1982 single work criticism
— Appears in: Nellie Melba, Ginger Meggs and Friends : Essays in Australian Cultural History 1982; (p. 1-18)
1 8 y separately published work icon Nellie Melba, Ginger Meggs and Friends : Essays in Australian Cultural History John Docker (editor), Drusilla Modjeska (editor), Susan Dermody (editor), Malmsbury : Kibble Books , 1982 Z389506 1982 anthology prose criticism
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