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The Nimrod Theatre version of the play was directed by John Bell. This was filmed by the ABC in 1974.<ref>[http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=%22a%20hard%20god%22;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10 ''A Hard God'' 1974 production]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} at [[National Film and Sound Archive]]</ref> |
The [[Nimrod Theatre Company|Nimrod Theatre]] version of the play was directed by John Bell. This was filmed by the ABC in 1974.<ref>[http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=%22a%20hard%20god%22;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10 ''A Hard God'' 1974 production]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} at [[National Film and Sound Archive]]</ref> |
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===Cast=== |
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Revision as of 12:34, 31 March 2017
A Hard God | |
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Written by | Peter Kenna |
Characters | Dan Aggie Joe Jack Monica |
Date premiered | 17 August 1973 |
Place premiered | Nimrod Theatre, Sydney |
Original language | Englisch |
Setting | Sydney 1946 |
A Hard God is a semi-autobiographical play by Peter Kenna.[1]
The play was very popular and has come to be regarded as an Australian classic.[2]
1974 Film
A Hard God | |
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Directed by | Carl Schultz John Bell |
Written by | Peter Kenna |
Production company | Nimrod Theatre |
Distributed by | ABC |
Release date | 19 March 1974 |
Running time | 120 mins |
Land | Australien |
Sprache | Englisch |
The Nimrod Theatre version of the play was directed by John Bell. This was filmed by the ABC in 1974.[3]
Cast
- James Bowles
- Gloria Dawn
- Gerry Duggan
- Graham Rouse
- Kay Elkund
- Tony Sheldon
- Andrew Sharp
1981 Film
A Hard God | |
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Directed by | William Fitzwater |
Written by | Peter Kenna |
Produced by | Alan Burke |
Production company | ABC |
Distributed by | ABC |
Release date | 1981 |
Running time | 80 mins |
Land | Australien |
Sprache | Englisch |
The play was adapted for TV again by the ABC in 1981 for the Australian Theatre Festival.[4][5]
Cast
- Patrick Phillips
- Betty Lucas
- Simon Burke
- Dawn Lake
- Martin Vaughan
- Graham Rouse
- Philippa Baker
References
- ^ Leslie Rees, Australian Drama in the 1970s, Angus & Robertson, 1978 p 192-194
- ^ Richard Waterhouse, 'Kenna, Peter Joseph (1930–1987)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University accessed 10 January 2013
- ^ A Hard God 1974 production[permanent dead link] at National Film and Sound Archive
- ^ Ed Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p78
- ^ "PRODUCTION notes". The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. 6 August 1980. p. 146 Supplement: FREE Your TV Magazine. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
External links
- Review of 2006 production at Variety
- A Hard God at AusStage
- Original play at Austlit
- 1981 TV adaptation at Austlit
- 1981 TV adaptation at Australian Screen Online
- A Hard God (1974) at IMDb
- A Hard God (1981) at IMDb
- 1981 TV version at Screen Australia