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Colin Free (1 September 1925–26 May 1996) was an Australian writer best known for his work in TV.


Biography

Colin Free was born on 1 September 1925 in
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. He died on 26 May 1996 in
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, Australia. He wrote for the theatre, notably Hamlet in shadow – Sydney in 1954. Free wrote scripts for the
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, as well as for radio.


Assessment

Leslie Rees called him:
An author of remarkable facility and flexibility of mind" who in his stage plays "showed a rich gift for words in dramatic and lyrical contiguity, a derisive sense of characterization, a volatile and inventive calling-up of scene both past and present, and what Alexander Archdale described as “‘Pirandellian ingenuity”—all this without quite being able to draw his reins together and spin the horse past the winning-post, meanwhile murmuring in its ear something really striking. Similar qualities of flair, energy, but inadequate clearness of line marked some of Free’s ever-ranging, elusive contributions to a further A.B.C. series, ''Delta'', illustrating the investigations of a young group of itinerant scientists into dubious practices around the countryside. But in the short bucolic comedy, ''A Walk Among the Wheenies'', he was entirely successful.


Selected awards

* Australian Writer's Guild (
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), 1977 - Best TV series episode, '' Rush'' (Television) – "A Shilling a Day" *
Logie Award The Logie Awards (officially the TV Week Logie Awards; colloquially known as The Logies) is an annual gathering to celebrate Australian television, sponsored and organised by the magazine ''TV Week''. The first ceremony was held in 1959 as the ...
1977 - Best script - '' Rush'' (Television) * Sammy Award 1977 - Best writer for a television series, '' Rush'' (Television) *
Logie Award The Logie Awards (officially the TV Week Logie Awards; colloquially known as The Logies) is an annual gathering to celebrate Australian television, sponsored and organised by the magazine ''TV Week''. The first ceremony was held in 1959 as the ...
1979 - Bit part (Television Drama) *
Logie Award The Logie Awards (officially the TV Week Logie Awards; colloquially known as The Logies) is an annual gathering to celebrate Australian television, sponsored and organised by the magazine ''TV Week''. The first ceremony was held in 1959 as the ...
- 1984, 1985, 1986 - ''
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'' (Television)


Selected credits

*'' How Do You Spell Matrimony?'' (1965) *''
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'' (1967–68) *''
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'' (1969) * ''
The Thursday Creek Mob ''The Thursday Creek Mob'' is an Australian television sitcom which first screened on the ABC in 1971.The End Product ''The End Product'' is a 1974 Australian television play by Colin Free. It was originally written and filmed as an episode of ''Australian Playhouse'' but then re-filed in 1974 and aired as a stand-alone play. Premise In a synthetic and controlle ...
'' (1974) * '' Rush'' (1977) *''
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'' (1980) *''
All the Rivers Run ''All the Rivers Run'' is an Australian historical novel by Nancy Cato, first published in 1958. It was adapted as a 1983 Australian television mini-series starring Sigrid Thornton and John Waters. The mini-series is marketed with the tagline ...
'' (1983) * ''A Walk Among the Wheenies''


References


External links

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1925 births 1996 deaths Australian writers Logie Award winners {{Australia-tv-bio-stub