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'All My Love is closely based on Mary Gilmore's own account of this remarkable relationship. It also draws on Lawson's autobiographical writing. This wonderful play tells the surprising and heartbreaking story of two of Australia's most significant writers in a compelling, tender and dramatic way.' (Publication summary)
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All My Love
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2015
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drama
historical fiction
'Their lives could have been written so differently: the story of Henry Lawson and Mary Gilmore’s lost love makes its world premiere at The Joan in July 2015.
'Still revered across Australia, Henry Lawson is one of the nation’s favourite writers and poets. His contemporary, Mary Gilmore, was a literary icon and radical socialist. Both had enormous influence over each other. Both were heroes of literature. Both were later the face of Australia’s currency.
'Both were secretly betrothed to each other.
'At the end of the 19th Century, Mary Gilmore was introduced to the young Henry Lawson. As their friendship developed, Mary found herself caught in the midst of an intense relationship between Henry and his formidable mother, the suffragette Louise Lawson.
'What followed was the beginning of a love affair, soon thwarted by a devastating deception.
'After researching Mary Gilmore’s memoirs, writer Anne Brooksbank first uncovered the tale of loving promises between two of Australia’s most famous writers. Taken from excerpts from the couple’s surviving letters, this is the first time Henry and Mary’s forbidden relationship has been brought to the professional stage.'
Source: Blurb from the Joan Sutherland Centre for Performing Arts.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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On the Line [no.123, Winter 1991]
1991
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 123 1991; (p. 38-39) -
Lawson, Gilmore: Loves and Letters of the Past
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 10 August 1991; (p. wkd 6)
— Review of All My Love 1991 single work novel -
Hazards in Depicting Writers in a Novel
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 2 March 1991; (p. 12)
— Review of All My Love 1991 single work novel -
The Frustrated Love of Two Great Writers
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 23 March 1991; (p. B9)
— Review of All My Love 1991 single work novel -
That Henry and that Mary
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February-March no. 128 1991; (p. 11)
— Review of All My Love 1991 single work novel
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Untitled
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Jewish News , 22 February vol. 57 no. 22 1991; (p. 29)
— Review of Saigon : South of Beyond 1990 single work novel ; Medium Flyers 1990 single work novel ; All My Love 1991 single work novel ; A Reliable Source 1990 single work novel -
Publishers, Examine Thyselves!
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Society , March vol. 10 no. 3 1991; (p. 42-43)
— Review of Only One Adam 1991 single work novel ; All My Love 1991 single work novel -
When Harry Met Mary
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 9 February 1991; (p. 48)
— Review of All My Love 1991 single work novel -
That Henry and that Mary
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February-March no. 128 1991; (p. 11)
— Review of All My Love 1991 single work novel -
The Frustrated Love of Two Great Writers
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 23 March 1991; (p. B9)
— Review of All My Love 1991 single work novel -
On the Line [no.123, Winter 1991]
1991
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 123 1991; (p. 38-39)
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