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y separately published work icon Summer of the Seventeenth Doll single work   drama   - Three acts
Is part of The Doll Trilogy Ray Lawler , 1977 series - author drama (number 3 in series)
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(2015)
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(2018)
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(1958)
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(1956, 1957, 1958: includes national and international tours, including UK and USA)
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(1955)
Issue Details: First known date: 1955... 1955 Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
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All Publication Details

First known date: 1955
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Sydney, New South Wales,: Angus and Robertson ,       1957 .
      Extent: 128p.
      Edition info: 1st ed.
      Note/s:
      • Dedication: To John Sumner who directed the play from Melbourne to London, and to The Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust which made such a journey possible
      • Published July 1957.
      • Made and printed in Great Britain.
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Samuel French ,       1957 .
      Extent: 90p.
      Note/s:
      • Copyright 1957. No other date indicated.
      ISBN: 0573014329
      Series: French's Acting Editions series - publisher Number in series: 529
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Random House ,       1957 .
      Alternative title: Summer of the Seventeenth Doll : A New Play
      Extent: 142p.
      Reprinted: 1959 [New York] : New American Library.
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Sydney, New South Wales,: Angus and Robertson ,       1957 .
      Extent: 128p.
      Edition info: 2nd ed.
      Note/s:
      • Verso of title page states that the first edition was published July 1957, and second edition September 1957.
      • Made and printed in Great Britain.
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Fontana ,       1959 .
      Extent: 128p.
      Reprinted: 1959 , 1965 , 1964 , 1973 (12th impression)
      ISBN: 0006124550
    • New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Signet ,       1959 .
      Extent: 127p., [4] leaves of platesp.
      Note/s:
      • 'Published as a Signet Book by arrangement with Random House Inc.' p.[3].
Alternative title: Der Sommer der siebzehnten Puppe
Language: German
Alternative title: Leto semnadtsatoi kukly : p'esa v trekh deistviiakh, piati kartinakh
Language: Russian
    • Moscow,
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      Russia,
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      Former Soviet Union,
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      Eastern Europe, Europe,      :       Iskusstvo ,       1958 .
      Extent: 135p.
Alternative title: Sautjanda bru n
Language: Icelandic
      ca. 1962 .
      (Manuscript) assertion
      Note/s:
      • Jóhannesson's translation of this play was produced in Iceland in 1962-63. The production was reviewed by Jane Donnelly for the Sydney Morning Herald ca. 1962.

      Holdings

      Held at: National Library of Australia
      Local Id: MS 9156
    • Paddington, Kings Cross area, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Currency Press , 1978 .
      image of person or book cover 2442256147939301299.jpg
      Image taken from NLA copy.
      Extent: xxxx, 96p.p.
      Description: illus., ports
      Reprinted: 1978 , 1979
      Note/s:
      • Editor's note: 'The author has made a number of minor revisions to the play in this edition' (p.96).
      ISBN: 086819011X (pbk.)
      Series: Currency Plays Currency Press (publisher), series - publisher
    • Strawberry Hills, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Currency Press , 2011 .
      Extent: [xiii], 92, [28]p.p.
      Edition info: 4th ed.
      Note/s:
      • Includes theatre program at end of play text.
      ISBN: 9780868199009 (pbk.)
    • Strawberry Hills, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Currency Press , 2012 .
      image of person or book cover 2371676139337786468.jpg
      Cover image courtesy of New South Books.
      Extent: xvi, 97p.p.
      Edition info: 5th ed.
      ISBN: 9780868199672 (pbk.)
Subjects:
Settings:
  • Carlton, Parkville - Carlton area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,
  • Ingham - Cairns area, Queensland,
  • 1950s
Influence on:
'Summer of Change'
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