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Issue Details: First known date: 1976... 1976 A Handful of Friends
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form y separately published work icon Handful of Friends David Williamson , St Lucia : The University of Queensland , 1980 Z868571 1980 single work film/TV

Production Details

  • First produced by the South Australian Theatre Co. at the Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre, 20 May 1976. Director: Rodney Fisher. A revised version was produced by the Melbourne Theatre Company, Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne, 31 August 1976.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 1976
      1976 .
      Extent: [2] 69 leavesp.
      (Manuscript) assertion
      Note/s:
      • Typescript (duplicated)
      Series: The Hanger Collection of Australian Playscripts series - publisher

      A collection in the Fryer Library at The University of Queensland of manuscript film and play scripts.

      Holdings

      Held at: University of Queensland University of Queensland Library Fryer Library
      Local Id: H1859

Works about this Work

Introduction Katharine Brisbane , 1993 single work criticism
— Appears in: Collected Plays : Volume II 1993; (p. vii-xiv)
Smug Friends a Disappointment Peter Goers , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 22 September 1992; (p. 9)

— Review of A Handful of Friends David Williamson , 1976 single work drama
David Williamson : Satiric Comedies Brian Kiernan , 1991 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: International Literature in English : Essays on the Major Writers 1991; (p. 659-667)
Comic - Satiric - Realism : David Williamson's Plays Since "The Department" Brian Kiernan , 1986 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , March vol. 46 no. 1 1986; (p. 3-18)
Longing to Escape David D'Angelo , 1985 single work review
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , November no. 19 1985; (p. 18)

— Review of A Handful of Friends David Williamson , 1976 single work drama
Longing to Escape David D'Angelo , 1985 single work review
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , November no. 19 1985; (p. 18)

— Review of A Handful of Friends David Williamson , 1976 single work drama
Friends and Palaces Helen Van der Poorten , 1976-1977 single work review
— Appears in: Theatre Australia , Christmas vol. 1 no. 5 1976-1977; (p. 56)

— Review of A Handful of Friends David Williamson , 1976 single work drama
Untitled Katharine Brisbane , 1977 single work review
— Appears in: 24 Hours , vol. 2 no. 4 1977; (p. 56)

— Review of A Handful of Friends David Williamson , 1976 single work drama
Untitled T. Baker , 1976 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 22 May 1976; (p. 28)

— Review of A Handful of Friends David Williamson , 1976 single work drama
A Handful of Friends Katharine Brisbane , 1976 single work review
— Appears in: Theatre Australia , October-November vol. 1 no. 3 1976; (p. 12-13)

— Review of A Handful of Friends David Williamson , 1976 single work drama
Introduction Katharine Brisbane , 1993 single work criticism
— Appears in: Collected Plays : Volume II 1993; (p. vii-xiv)
David Williamson Peter Fitzpatrick , 1979 single work criticism
— Appears in: After 'The Doll' : Australian Drama Since 1955 1979; (p. 112-128)
A New Map of Australia : The Plays of David Williamson John McCallum , 1984 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 11 no. 3 1984; (p. 342-354)
Comic - Satiric - Realism : David Williamson's Plays Since "The Department" Brian Kiernan , 1986 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , March vol. 46 no. 1 1986; (p. 3-18)
Enjoyable Challenge in Williamson Play Ken Healey , 1985 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 17 February 1985; (p. 7)
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