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Ladies in Black
2015
single work
musical theatre
'Step through the doors of F.G. Goode’s department store and into a marvellous musical whirl of glitz and glamour with Ladies in Black. This world premiere adaptation of Madeleine St John’s 1993 novel, The Women in Black, is brought to life by internationally-acclaimed director Simon Phillips (Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Love Never Dies) with original music from superstar singer and musician, Tim Finn (Split Enz, Crowded House).
'Sydney is crossing the threshold between the stuffy repression of the 1950s and the glorious liberation of the 1960s. Bright-eyed bookish school leaver Lisa is to join the sales staff in the city’s most prestigious department store. In that summer of innocence, a world of possibilities opens up as she befriends the colourful denizens of the women’s frocks department – including her new mentor, the exotic European Magda, mysterious mistress of the gowns.
'With a dash of delicate comedy, Ladies in Black is a magical modern-day fairytale set in a city on the cusp of becoming cosmopolitan, and marks the triumphant return of musical theatre to Queensland Theatre Company’s stage.' (Production summary)
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Ladies in Black
( dir. Bruce Beresford
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Australia
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Lumila Films
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2018
10891394
2018
single work
film/TV
'Set in the summer of 1959, when the impact of European migration and the rise of women’s liberation is about to change Australia forever, a shy schoolgirl (Lisa) takes a summer job at the prestigious Sydney department store, Goode’s. There she meets the 'ladies in black', who will change her life forever. Beguiled and influenced by Magda, the vivacious manager of the high-fashion floor, and befriended by fellow sales ladies Patty and Fay, Lisa is awakened to a world of possibilities. As Lisa grows from a bookish schoolgirl to a glamorous and positive young woman, she herself becomes a catalyst for a cultural change in everyone’s lives.'
Source: Screen Australia.
- form y Ladies in Black ( dir. Gracie Otto ) Australia : Bunya Productions Australian Broadcasting Corporation , 2024 27138642 2024 series - publisher film/TV
Notes
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Reading Group Guide available through the Text Publishing website.
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Dedication: This book is dedicated to the memory of M. & Mme. J.M. Cargher
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Text Publishing has sold rights in multiple territories to Madeleine St John’s The Women in Black. (Source : Books + Publishing News 21 November 2018)
Contents
- Madeleine St John, single work obituary
- Madeleine and Me, single work biography
- Madeleine St John, single work obituary (p. 229-234)
- Madeleine and Me, single work biography
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Braille.
- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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In the Catalogue
2020
single work
essay
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , November 2020;'At my desk in the Mitchell Library Reading Room I picked out a small cardboard folder from the pile of books and boxes beside me. Opening it I carefully removed a thin envelope, an item I had been curious to inspect after finding it listed in the library catalogue. ‘The ‘invisible hair net’: fully sterilized / made expressly for David Jones Sydney’, was, according to the catalogue summary, a ‘Specimen of a hair net packaged in an envelope. The packaging includes a black and white illustration of a woman with styled hair, presumably the result of wearing the invisible hair net.’' (Introduction)
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Bruce Beresford and the Australian Jane Austen
2019
single work
essay
— Appears in: Quadrant , March vol. 63 no. 3 2019; (p. 78-81) -
Back in Black but These Ladies Are on Stage
2016
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column
— Appears in: The Age , 12 January 2016; (p. 18) -
The Songs in Her Words
2015
single work
column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 7-8 November 2015; (p. 6) -
Madeleine St John and Belle and Sebastian : Style and Substance
2014
single work
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 4 April 2014;
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Review
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 14 February 2009; (p. 28)
— Review of The Women in Black 1993 single work novel -
Retro Chick-Lit Dons Little Black Frock for New Age
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 28-29 March 2009; (p. 10-11)
— Review of The Women in Black 1993 single work novel -
Frock 'til You Drop
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 4 April 2009; (p. 24)
— Review of The Women in Black 1993 single work novel -
Frocks Rule in a Sheltered World
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 10-12 April 2009; (p. 28-29)
— Review of The Women in Black 1993 single work novel -
Cover Notes
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 12 April 2009; (p. 21)
— Review of The Women in Black 1993 single work novel ; Body at the Melbourne Club : Bertram Armytage, Antarctica's Forgotten Man 2009 single work biography -
In Memory of a Friendship
2009
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 28 March 2009; (p. 8-9) -
Madeleine and Me
2009
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Women in Black 2009; The Women in Black 2012; -
Shopping for Words
1995
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Review , August no. 78 1995; (p. 12) -
Madeleine St John and Belle and Sebastian : Style and Substance
2014
single work
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 4 April 2014; -
The Songs in Her Words
2015
single work
column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 7-8 November 2015; (p. 6)
- Sydney, New South Wales,
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