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Issue Details: First known date: 1996... 1996 Gary's House
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'Gary has failed in everything he as attempted. But when he inherits a block of land, he gets an urge to build a nest with Sue-Ann, his angry and pregnant girlfriend. Gary's House is a story about Aussie battlers...' - publisher's blurb in The Peach Season (2007)

Production Details

  • First co-produced by Playbox Theatre Centre and Q Theatre at Q Theatre, Penrith, Sydney, 1 March 1996 and subsequently played in Melbourne and the Gold Coast in the same year. There have also been productions in Adelaide, Hobart, Newcastle, Canberra and Hjoerring in Denmark

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Currency Press , 2000 .
      Extent: ix, 86 p.p.
      Edition info: Revised edition.
      Description: illus., port.
      ISBN: 086819607X
      Series: Current Theatre Series Currency Press (publisher), 1983- series - publisher 'Current Theatre Series consists of Australian plays published with the program inserted and sold during theatre seasons. The aim of the series is to promote and encourage new dramatic writing and make it accessible to theatregoers and the public. The text is presented at the first day of rehearsal and does not contain changes which the author may choose to make after the play has commenced its present season - these will be incorporated into any new edition published by Currency.' Currency Press.
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Works about this Work

The Other 1/2 Tim Elliott , 2012 single work biography
— Appears in: The (Sydney) Magazine , April no. 108 2012; (p. 50-52)
A Lengthy Journey to Literary Fulfilment Cassie Proudfoot , 1997 single work column biography
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 19 August 1997; (p. 16)
You Had to Be There John McCallum , 1997 single work criticism
— Appears in: Critical Perspectives : Eight Award-winning Arts Critics 1997; (p. [95]-124)
Walls Come Tumbling Down Peter Ward , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 17 September 1997; (p. 16)
— Review of Gary's House Debra Oswald , 1996 single work drama
A House of Dreams Kathryn Favelle , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Muse , August no. 164 1997; (p. 2)
— Review of Gary's House Debra Oswald , 1996 single work drama
Walls Come Tumbling Down Peter Ward , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 17 September 1997; (p. 16)
— Review of Gary's House Debra Oswald , 1996 single work drama
Emotional Story Inspires James Waites , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 11 March 1996; (p. 16)
— Review of Gary's House Debra Oswald , 1996 single work drama
Untitled John McCallum , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 8 March 1996; (p. 10)
— Review of Gary's House Debra Oswald , 1996 single work drama
Stage Whisper Steven Carroll , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 22 March 1996; (p. 12)
— Review of Gary's House Debra Oswald , 1996 single work drama
Confronting and Assured Helen Thomson , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 5 April 1996; (p. A15)
— Review of Gary's House Debra Oswald , 1996 single work drama
You Had to Be There John McCallum , 1997 single work criticism
— Appears in: Critical Perspectives : Eight Award-winning Arts Critics 1997; (p. [95]-124)
The Other 1/2 Tim Elliott , 2012 single work biography
— Appears in: The (Sydney) Magazine , April no. 108 2012; (p. 50-52)
A Lengthy Journey to Literary Fulfilment Cassie Proudfoot , 1997 single work column biography
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 19 August 1997; (p. 16)
A Skilful Storyteller Lisa Yallamas , 1996 single work column biography
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 9 May 1996; (p. 33)
Debra Builds Hope into Gary's House Danielle Wood , 1996 single work column biography
— Appears in: The Mercury , 8 November 1996; (p. 30)
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Last amended 22 Dec 2015 12:53:11
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