Item H0416 - Last train to St Kilda : a heavy rail story in black and white / by P.M. Davies

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H0416

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Last train to St Kilda : a heavy rail story in black and white / by P.M. Davies

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  • 1987 (Creation)

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155 leaves ; 30 cm.

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(1949-)

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Paul Davies worked with Crawford Productions in the 1970s as a series editor and writer, and was involved with popular series such as 'Homicide' (1974-1975), 'The Box' (1975-1976) and 'The Sullivans' (1976-1978). During the 1980s Davies wrote for film, television and the stage. Two of his plays, 'Storming Mont Albert by Tram' (1982) and 'On Shifting Sandshoes' (1988), received Australian Writers Guild Awards. He also worked with the Melbourne-based company TheatreWorks as an actor, writer and member of the Artistic Directorate. Since the early 1990s, Davies has worked on several major Australian drama series, notably 'Blue Heelers' (1997-1998), 'Stingers' (1998-2003), and 'Something in the Air' (2000-2001). During his career Davies lectured at various tertiary educational institutions, while also contributing articles and papers to various academic and industry journals --Excerpted from AustLit.

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Theatre Works was formed in 1980 by a group of students (including Peter Finlay, Susie Fraser, Carolyn [Caz] Howard, Hannie Rayson and Peter Sommerfeld) graduating from the Victorian College of the Arts’ Drama School. The company went on producing shows in smaller venues in the Eastern suburbs and became famous for its location theatre, especially for the tram series that started with Storming Mont Albert By Tram in 1982. In 1985 Theatre Works found a home in the heritage-listed Parish Hall, part of the historic Church Square complex in St Kilda. In its first decade, Theatre Works produced more than 30 original plays. In the 1990’s transitioned from a cooperative to a fully-fledged theatre company - Excerpt from website.

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From the Hanger Collection of Australian Playscripts.

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Includes diagram of stage set.

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  • English

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Typescript (photocopy)
At head of cover title: TheatreWorks presents

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991005955259703131

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Migrated

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Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.

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