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AbstractHistoryArchive Description
What happens to a woman who isn't considered beautiful? This play reflects the bizarre and true story of a woman in the 1850s who crosses the gender line and lives her life as a male boundary rider in the Australian Bush.
(Source: State Library of South Australia)
Notes
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Written in 1987. Based on the same news item in an 1894 newspaper as was 'Nosy Alf' in Furphy's Such Is Life.
Production Details
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Produced by the Living Voice Theatre Co., Cardwell Street Theatre, (The Red Shed), in Adelaide, c3 July 1994.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Robyn in World-Class Curtain Call
1994
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 19 April 1994; (p. 10) -
Yet to Realise Promise
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 1 July 1994; (p. 15)
— Review of Poor Johanna 1991 single work drama -
An Analysis of Beauty
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 23 June 1994; (p. 22)
— Review of Poor Johanna 1991 single work drama
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An Analysis of Beauty
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 23 June 1994; (p. 22)
— Review of Poor Johanna 1991 single work drama -
Yet to Realise Promise
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 1 July 1994; (p. 15)
— Review of Poor Johanna 1991 single work drama -
Robyn in World-Class Curtain Call
1994
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 19 April 1994; (p. 10)
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