''The Coming of Stork'' was the first play written by

David Williamson David Keith Williamson Officer of the Order of Australia, AO (born 24 February 1942) is an Australians, Australian dramatist and playwright. He has also written screenplays and teleplays. Early life David Williamson was born in Melbourne, Vi ...

. The cast for the original production included Alan Finney,

Bruce Spence Bruce Spence (born 17 September 1945) is a New Zealand–Australian actor. Spence has amassed over 100 film and television credits and has also acted in theatre. Biography Spence won an AFI Award for Best Actor for his role in the 1971 comedy ...

and

Peter Cummins Peter Cummins (born 2 June 1931 in Melbourne) is an Australian retired character actor of stage and screen and chorister who was especially prominent in the 1970s and appeared in some of the most famous Australian films of the period. He was pa ...

. It was adapted into a

feature film A feature film or feature-length film is a narrative film (motion picture or "movie") with a running time long enough to be considered the principal or sole presentation in a commercial entertainment program. The term ''feature film'' originall ...

in 1971 starring Bruce Spence.David Stratton, ''The Last New Wave: The Australian Film Revival'', Angus & Robertson, 1980 p25

Plot

A socially awkward and loudly left wing student comes to share a flat with three of his University friends with disastrous results.

Background

Williamson was asked to write a ten minute script for a Carlton theatre and ended up writing a full length play. The play was autobiographical.

References

External links

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Review of 1973 Sydney production
at The Bulletin 1971 plays Plays by David Williamson Australian plays adapted into films {{1970s-play-stub