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The Bunyip And The Satellite
''The Bunyip and the Satellite'' is a 1957 Australian stage musical written by Barry Humphries and Peter O'Shaughnessy Peter O'Shaughnessy OAM (5 October 1923 – 17 July 2013) was an Australian actor, theatre director, producer and writer who presented the work of playwrights ranging from Shakespeare, Shaw, Ibsen, Strindberg, Chekhov to modern dramatists, suc .... It was based on Frank Dalby Davison's children's novel ''Children of the Dark People''. The ''Bulletin'' called it "well formed, well and sometimes wittily written." There was a sequel ''Mumba Jumba and the Bunyip''. References {{reflist External linksThe Bunyip and the Satelliteat AustlitProgram at Ausstage < ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Humphries
John Barry Humphries (born 17 February 1934) is an Australian comedian, actor, author and satirist. He is best known for writing and playing his on-stage and television alter egos Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson. He is also a film producer and script writer, a star of London's West End musical theatre, a writer, and a landscape painter. For his delivery of dadaist and absurdist humour to millions, biographer Anne Pender described Humphries in 2010 as not only "the most significant theatrical figure of our time … utthe most significant comedian to emerge since Charlie Chaplin". Humphries' characters have brought him international renown, and he also appeared in numerous stage productions, films, and television shows. Originally conceived as a dowdy Moonee Ponds housewife who caricatured Australian suburban complacency and insularity, Dame Edna Everage has evolved over four decades to become a satire of stardom – a gaudily dressed, acid-tongued, egomaniacal, intern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Underhill
Jeffrey Winton Underhill (1927–10 May 1978) was an Australian writer and journalist. He worked in advertising before turning to writing. Career He was a regular writer on the Friday night edition of ''In Melbourne Tonight'' hosted by Noel Ferrier, who wrote in his memoirs that Underhill "possessed one of the most original talents for script writing I have ever encountered and I was extraordinarily luck to have him on the team. He wrote the entire show - no small effort on a weekly basis." Select credits *'' The Bunyip and the Satellite'' (1957) - stage musical - lyrics *'' The Ballad of Angel's Alley'' (1958) – stage musical, first performed at the New Theatre, Melbourne in December 1958 *'' Night of the Ding-Dong'' (1961) - writer *'' Alice in Wonderland'' (1962 film) - writer *''In Melbourne Tonight'' (1962) – writer *'' The Noel Ferrier Show'' (1964) – TV writer *''A Small Wonder'' (1966) – TV play *''A Time for Love'' - "Noises in Another Room" (1972) - TV play Ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter O'Shaughnessy
Peter O'Shaughnessy OAM (5 October 1923 – 17 July 2013) was an Australian actor, theatre director, producer and writer who presented the work of playwrights ranging from Shakespeare, Shaw, Ibsen, Strindberg, Chekhov to modern dramatists, such as Ionesco, Pinter and Beckett. He acted as a mentor to and collaborator with comedian Barry Humphries in his early career. He attended Xavier College, Melbourne. O'Shaughnessy was a minor exponent of Samuel Beckett, both in Australia and in Ireland. He produced the first '' Waiting for Godot'' in Australia in 1957. He played Krapp in the Australian premier of ''Krapp's Last Tape'' at the Arts Theatre in Melbourne in 1959. He also toured a second production of Godot in Sydney and Canberra in 1969, and later directed the Irish premières of ''Not I'' (1978), ''Footfalls'' (1978), and ''Rockaby'' (1984), and unofficial world premiers of ''Theatre I'' and ''Theatre II'' (later published in modified form as ''Rough for Theatre I and II'') ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1957 Musicals
1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1950s decade. Events January * January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany. * January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch. * January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be dismissed for having ''handled the ball'', in Test cricket. * January 9 – British Prime Minister Anthony Eden resigns. * January 10 – Harold Macmillan becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. * January 11 – The African Convention is founded in Dakar. * January 14 – Kripalu Maharaj is named fifth Jagadguru (world teacher), after giving seven days of speeches before 500 Hindu scholars. * January 15 – The film ''Throne of Blood'', Akira Kurosawa's reworking of ''Macbeth'', is rele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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