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Issue Details: First known date: 1982... 1982 Falcon Island
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Play for children, later adapted into a successful television program.

Adaptations

form y separately published work icon Falcon Island Joan Ambrose , Greg Shultz , ( dir. Peter Maxwell et. al. )agent Perth : Excalibur Nominees , 1981 Z1670521 1981 series - publisher film/TV children's adventure

Falcon Island follows the adventures of three children: Paul, Jocko, and Kathy. Their activities bring them up against smugglers and sandminers as they attempt to preserve the wreck of a Dutch galleon, the Golden Falcon. Their escapades also invariably involve their family and friends on the small island community. The episodes were continuous and frequently ended with the children being caught up in some dangerous or suspenseful situation.

Notes

  • Note on date:

    The actual date of the play's initial performance has not been traced, but contemporary newspaper reports indicate that it preceded the television show, which was an adapted from it.

    See, for example, '"Falcon Island" Playwright Changes Role', Australian Women's Weekly, 9 July 1980, p.57.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Beaver Books ,       1982 .
      Extent: 155pp.p.
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Works about this Work

Falcon Island : Production Report Hugh Kitson , 1980 single work column
— Appears in: Artlook , June vol. 6 no. 6 1980; (p. 27)
Falcon Island : Production Report Hugh Kitson , 1980 single work column
— Appears in: Artlook , June vol. 6 no. 6 1980; (p. 27)
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