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David Williamson
Books in Order: 28 titles
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Don Parties On
Forty years ago, a young playwright muscled his way onto the scene with a clutch of time-defining plays, including Don's Party. With this sequel, David Williamson celebrates four decades of telling the tribe their story. It's 21 August 2010, the nig...
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After the Ball
Stephen has, with ill grace, returned home to his mother's deathbed. As he and his sister rake through the family photographs and childhood memories, they find conflicting versions of their parents' unhappy marriage....
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Family Values
A celebrated federal judge. His son, a born-again Christian. His daughter, a Border Force officer. Her partner, the captain of a Border Force ship. His other daughter, a left-wing activist. His wife, who has worked all her life to keep the family to...
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Travelling North
Travelling North is David Williamson's moving homage to age and the old radicals who changed the course of Australian history. Frank and Frances find new life in a twilight love affair, to the consternation of their conventional children. Their drea...
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David Williamson's ARIA
A symphony of discord unfolds at Monique's annual family gathering, celebrating her three beloved sons' birthdays. While Monique's adoration for her boys knows no bounds, disdain for their wives is palpable.Festivities crescendo and Monique takes the...
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Crunch Time
Steve, a typical Aussie bloke, has retired from his company and passed the family business over to his confident son Jimmy, leaving his more sensitive son Luke out in the cold. This is just the latest in a lifetime of insults and rejection for Luke a...
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Emerald City
A fast-moving, wisecracking commentary on contemporary urban mores and morals, and the rivalries and passions to be encountered on the road to success. Married couple Colin, a screenwriter, and Kate, a publisher, move to the 'Emerald City', where fam...
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The Removalists
A young policeman's first day on duty becomes a violent and highly charged initiation into law enforcement. Remarkable for its blend of boisterous humour and horrifying violence, the play has acquired a reputation as a classic statement on Australian...
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Knit Some Deaths
A fatal stabbing with a knitting needle drags Grandpa and Jimmy into a police investigation. Detective Garcia finds them snooping around at the murder scene, but since they proved helpful on other cases they are permitted to help on this one. The inv...
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The Big Time
Australia's most well-known playwright, David Williamson, returns with a comedy that demonstrates his continued skill at tapping into the zeitgeist. In The Big Time best friends are put to the test in a satirical comedy set in the celebrity world of ...
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Nearer the Gods
Australia's most well-known playwright returns with a sweeping historical drama. In Nearer the Gods, David Williamson brilliantly recreates Sir Isaac Newton's battle with the Royal Society to prove his astonishing universal theory of gravity. 'Austra...
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Odd Man Out
Australia's most well-known playwright, David Williamson, returns with a comedy that demonstrates his continued skill at tapping into the zeitgeist. In Odd Man Out a couple navigate the emotional terrain of a new relationship, which turns out to be l...
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Sorting Out Rachel
Australia's most well-known playwright returns with a new comedy that demonstrates his continued skill at tapping into the zeitgeist. In Sorting Out Rachel David Williamson steps onto fertile ground with a social comedy about legacy, greed, entitleme...
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Dose of Lemonade
Grandpa and several other people go to the hospital with a near fatal reaction to a heart drug, and one man dies. Police determine the drug was administered at a local lemonade stand. To find killer, Grandpa and his grandson Jimmy, must turn the poli...
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Brilliant Lies
Williamson turns his penetrating eye and sharply focused wit to issues of political correctness and sexual harassment. A serious comedy, Brilliant Lies is a stimulating contribution to the continuing debate on our changing social values....
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The Chameleon Man & Other Terrors
David Williamson has been writing horror stories for many years, and was first published in the prestigious Pan Book of Horror series, where he had a tale in number 28. This was followed by a further three stories in Pan number 30 which, sadly, turne...
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Cruise Control
Three philandering, bickering and workaholic couples board a cruise ship travelling from London to New York for seven days of marital healing....
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Jack of Hearts
Williamson has written his charm into a lovable loser who does his best to disprove the theory that nice guys always finish last....
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Contemporary Australian Plays
Saturday night, small town Wales, one pub, one party and three lads stuck with their school reputations - the gimp, the geek and the bully. Their dream - to get the hell out
Dead White Males: "Triumphant...The neatly lined ... -
Herbert Manning's Psychic Circus and Other Dark Tales
Herbert Manning's Psychic Circus and Other Dark Tales is the first story collection by British horror David Williamson. David is a veteran of the Pan Book of Horror and Black Books of horror series, among other noted anthologies....
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Don's Party
It's election night 1969. Don and Kath hope that there will be a change of government, and give a party to watch the results. As the tide turns against Labor, the good cheer palls and the faded ideals and disappointed hopes of the characters begin to...