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Notes
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Inspired by real events.
Production Details
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Workshopped at the Australian National Playwrights' Conference in 2003.
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Produced at Belvoir Street Theatre by Company B, 4 November - 22 December 2004. Director: Neil Armfield.
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Broadcast on ABC Radio National's Airplay in three parts on 3, 10 and 17 February 2008.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Cold War Scaremongering in Farce from the Past
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 23 February 2007; (p. 19)
— Review of The Spook 2004 single work drama -
Untitled
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 4 March 2007; (p. 34)
— Review of The Spook 2004 single work drama -
Funny Politics
John Romeril
(interviewer),
2006
single work
interview
— Appears in: Storyline , Winter no. 15 2006; (p. 9-11) -
Spy Games
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: Brisbane News , 23 February - 1 March no. 527 2005; (p. 37)
— Review of The Spook 2004 single work drama -
Spooks Can't Find the Plot
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 21 February 2005; (p. 13)
— Review of The Spook 2004 single work drama
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Sad Spy Comes in from the Cold
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 29 October 2004; (p. 14)
— Review of The Spook 2004 single work drama -
Bendigo Boy Bags the Plot
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 8 November 2004; (p. 7)
— Review of The Spook 2004 single work drama -
Long's the Life of the Party as he Paints the Small Town Red
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 15 November 2004; (p. 15)
— Review of The Spook 2004 single work drama -
Meat Pies, Footy, Laminex and Spies Next Door
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 1 November 2004; (p. 16)
— Review of The Spook 2004 single work drama -
Spooky, the Spy Life
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 5 February 2005; (p. 4)
— Review of The Spook 2004 single work drama -
Funny Politics
John Romeril
(interviewer),
2006
single work
interview
— Appears in: Storyline , Winter no. 15 2006; (p. 9-11)
Awards
- 2005 winner AWGIE Awards — Major Award
- 2005 winner AWGIE Awards — Stage Award
- 2005 winner Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — Prize for Drama
- 2005 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting
Last amended 19 Feb 2008 09:32:09
Settings:
- Bendigo, Bendigo area, Ballarat - Bendigo area, Victoria,
- 1965
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