Barry Kingham Oakley (born 24 February 1931)''Who's Who in Australia'' (2010) is an Australian writer.Luke Slattery
"10 questions: Barry Oakley, author, 81"
''The Australian'', 15 December 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
- Graeme Blundell
"Wittily irascible playwright back on stage in 'a late efflorescence'"
''The Australian'' 9 November 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2013

Biography

Born in Melbourne, Oakley was educated at

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, and the

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. He was a secondary school teacher in Victoria from 1955 to 1962, and also lectured in humanities at

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in 1963. He worked as an advertising copywriter and for the Department of Overseas Trade before his first novel, ''A Wild Ass of a Man'', was published in 1967. He was joint winner of the Captain Cook Bicentenary Literary Award for his 1971 novel ''Let's Hear it for Prendergast''. His early plays were performed at La Mama Theatre in Carlton.Oakley, Barry
''AustLit'', 9 October 2008. From 1988 to 1997, Oakley was literary editor of ''

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'' newspaper.

Plays

*''From the Desk of Eugene Flockhart'' (1966) *''Witzenhausen, Where Are You?'' (1968) *''A Lesson in English'' (1976) *''It's a Chocolate World'' *''Cullity on Furniture'' *''The Feet of

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'' *''Beware of Imitations'' *''Bedfellows'' (1975) *''The Ship's Whistle'' (1978) *''Marsupials'' (1979) *''Scanlan'' (1980) *''Beware of Imitations'' (1985) *''Music'' (2012)

Novels

*'' A Wild Ass of a Man'' (1967) *''A Salute to the Great McCarthy'' (1970) – filmed as ''

The Great Macarthy ''The Great Macarthy'' is a 1975 comedy about Australian rules football. It was an adaptation of the 1970 novel '' A Salute to the Great McCarthy'' by Barry Oakley. It stars John Jarratt as the title character (in his film debut) as a local foot ...

'' (1975) *''Let's Hear it for Prendergast'' (1971) *''Craziplane'' (1989) *''Don't Leave Me'' (2002)

Non-fiction

* ''Minitudes: Diaries 1974-1997'' (2000)

References

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