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Issue Details: First known date: 1977... 1977 Jack
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Adaptations

form y separately published work icon Two/Out Kriv Stenders , Troy Davies , Sydney : Pod Film Pty Ltd , 1998 Z1665299 1998 single work film/TV Jack and Tom are cell mates. Their fragile bond begins to unravel when Jack falls in love with a plastic bag. Tom, unable to understand or accept Jack's dementia, is driven by fear and jealousy to a brutal confrontation.

Notes

  • A short film titled 'Two Out', based on this play, was produced by POD Film and released by the Australian Film Commission in 1997 (writers: Troy Davies and Kriv Stenders).

Production Details

  • First produced at the Nimrod Street Theatre, Sydney, 17 September 1977.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Theatre Australia vol. 2 no. 6 December 1977 Z626356 1977 periodical issue 1977 pg. 41-46
    Note: Act II published in this volume.
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Collected Plays Jim McNeil , Sydney : Currency Press , 1987 Z284730 1987 selected work drama Sydney : Currency Press , 1987 pg. 189-229
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Works about this Work

Jack Benefits from Surgery Stephen Dunne , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 28 October 1996; (p. 12)
— Review of Jack Jim McNeil , 1977 single work drama
Jack's Hard Cell Stephen Dunne , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 25-31 October 1996; (p. 19)
— Review of Jack Jim McNeil , 1977 single work drama
'Vox Populi?' The Image of Psychiatry in Australian Literature Michael Dudley , 1990 single work criticism
— Appears in: Left, Right or Centre? Psychiatry and the Status Quo 1990; (p. 1-25)
Collected Plays : Introduction Peter Joseph Kenna , 1987 single work criticism
— Appears in: Collected Plays 1987; (p. vii-xviii)
Surviving Behind Bars John Pierce , 1986 single work column
— Appears in: The Telegraph , 23 August 1986; (p. 34)
Untitled F. Kelly , 1977 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 23 September 1977; (p. 8)
— Review of Jack Jim McNeil , 1977 single work drama
Untitled H. G. Kippax , 1977 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 23 September 1977; (p. 8)
— Review of Jack Jim McNeil , 1977 single work drama
Jack's Hard Cell Stephen Dunne , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 25-31 October 1996; (p. 19)
— Review of Jack Jim McNeil , 1977 single work drama
Jack Benefits from Surgery Stephen Dunne , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 28 October 1996; (p. 12)
— Review of Jack Jim McNeil , 1977 single work drama
Surviving Behind Bars John Pierce , 1986 single work column
— Appears in: The Telegraph , 23 August 1986; (p. 34)
A Scotch Helps to Set the Prison Stage Clive Bolton (interviewer), 1977 single work interview
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian Magazine , 10-11 September 1977; (p. 7)
At Least We Can Go Home After the Show Daniel Moody , 1977 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Australian , 15 September 1977; (p. 8)
Collected Plays : Introduction Peter Joseph Kenna , 1987 single work criticism
— Appears in: Collected Plays 1987; (p. vii-xviii)
Jim McNeil and the Quest for a Dramatic Language Anthony Price , 1983 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Journal of Commonwealth Literature , vol. 18 no. 1 1983; (p. 14-26)
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Last amended 7 Sep 2006 14:31:44
Subjects:
  • Urban,
  • Parramatta, Parramatta area, Sydney, New South Wales,
  • Sydney, New South Wales,
  • Grafton, Grafton area, Grafton - Maclean area, Mid North Coast, New South Wales,
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