Diane craig was born on june 9, 1949 in bangor, county down, northern ireland as diane mary craig. As one of the last plays presented before they have to vacate the premises they have performed in since 1954, the genesian theatre is presenting david williamsons travelling north. Travel north to noosa over the easter break and catch david williamsons classic piece of australian theatre, travelling north, which opened at noosa arts theatre this week. Playwrights biography david williamson has been australias best known and most widely performed playwright for the last forty years.
Genesian theatre starts off its 2018 season with david williamsons travelling north, a middle class story of. Travelling north, david williamson shop online for books. Set in the early 1970s, the play tells the story of frank, a grumpy old bugger for. Emerald city, the removalists, dons party, the club, travelling north, the perfectionist, sons of cain, money and friends, brilliant lies, dead white males, after the ball, the jack manning trilogy. With new life and the foreman by david williamsonbuy. Buy brilliant lies by david williamson 9780868193717 from boomerang books, australias online independent bookstore. Pdf travelling north by david williamson download pdf. Travelling north by david williamson trybooking australia.
David williamson is australias best known and most widely performed playwright. Later plays include travelling north 1980, the perfectionist 1982, sons of cain 1985, emerald city 1987, and top silk 1990. Frank is a bugger, but somehow frances has fallen for him. David williamson australian playwright plays, films. Based on an original 1979 play of the same name by david williamson, it is one of williamsons favourite movies based on his works. Traveling north travelling north directed by carl schultz comedy, drama pg 1h 36m. He won afi screenplay awards for petersen, dons party, gallipoli and travelling north. Travelling north paperback january 1, 1986 by david williamson author visit amazons david williamson page. Andrew uptons travelling north offers emotional power in. David williamsons classic twilight love affair travelling north pairs bryan brown and greta scacchi in sydney theatre companys opening production for 2014.
David williamson has won the australian film institute film script award five times, for petersen 1974, dons party 1976, gallipoli 1981 travelling north 1987 and balibo 2009 and has won twelve australian writers guild awgie awards. David williamson was born in melbourne, victoria on 24 february 1942 and was brought up in bairnsdale. He went on to pen over thirty plays and become australias most successful playwright. Stc production of david williamsons travelling north. War veteran frank takes his new girlfriend frances away from chilly melbourne to the north coast of nsw, seeking warmer climes and a change in lifestyle, to the horror and inconvenience of their children. Curators notes travelling north 1987 on aso australia. She is an actress, known for the mango tree 1977, ned kelly 1970 and e street 1989. Travelling north david williamson textbooks gumtree. Harriet dyer in particular smouldered as helen, the young mother struggling with young children, an unloving husband and absent mother. After their latelife marriage, a middleaged australian couple move to the countryside. David williamson books list of books by author david. Create your own anime manga comics, variety of templates for anime drawing, manga classic blackblank comic books sunday 26th of april 2020. She displayed warmth and dignity in a role inspired by the real life story of david williamsons motherinlaw. Hope had recently remarried an older man called wilkie.
Im very fond of travelling northand have great memories of the first nimrod production by john bell all those years ago. Book can be collected from werribee or rowville at a suitable time and day or mailed out do check out my other books for sale, 1236044209. Brilliant lies by david williamson boomerang books. Williamson says the inspiration for the play came soon after he met his second wife kristin and she took him up to the central coast of new south wales to visit her mother hope. In david williamsons adaptation of his own hit play, he extends retired civil engineer franks mc kern new relationship with the younger frances julia blake out into a wider world and into the films title, where he starts a new life in queensland and away from his hometown of melbourne. Carl schultz, whos working here from a script by david williamson, has taken great pains to make frank a cultivated man who appreciates the finer. Travelling north paperback january 1, 1986 by david williamson author.
David williamson wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. Discovering north korea a foreigners travelling note by. In sizzling form also were the actors playing her daughters. His plays have been produced throughout australia and internationally. How does it feel looking back at your writing in travelling north do you connect to the characters as you did when you wrote it. Not only has travelling north received the highest praise and critical acclaim, it is also the top grossing australian release of 1987. David williamsons travelling north still has the emotional power to move audiences 35 years after it was first staged and remains one of the playwrights best plays. He explored the psychology of social interaction, focusing on the social and cultural attitudes of the australian middle class. His early forays into the theatre were as an actor and writer of skits for the engineers. Well, diana, i think the ante in that category has been wellandtruly upped, with the arrival of a resuscitated david williamson, in the form of travelling north. Travelling north is a 1987 film directed by carl schultz and starring leo mckern, julia blake, and graham kennedy. This is the first of eight williamson revivals in sydney this year. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
See all books authored by david williamson, including the department, and after the ball plays, and more on. In a 1995 television documentary tall tales but true. David williamson is the most produced playwright in the history of australian theatre. He has also written numerous film scripts and television series. David williamson, playwright williamson told don featherstone that the inspiration came from seeing his wifes mother hope, in her relationship with a man called wilkie. Yes, i still connect to those characters and, as the years wear on and my own life winds ever closer to its inevitable. Travelling north is said to be one of david williamsons most popular plays. Their dream takes them north to the sun and some unexpected adventures. David williamson 25 followers david williamson ao gained a bachelor of engineering at monash university in 1965 before briefly working as a design engineer at general motors holden and in 1966 he began lecturing in thermodynamics and social psychology at swinburne technical college. Brilliant lies by david williamson, 9780868193717, available at book. Although a drama, in typical williamson fashion there are plenty. Travelling north is david williamsons adaptation of his award winning play, directed by carl schultz careful he might hear you.
Travelling north a david williamson play sunshine coast. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. She has been married to garry mcdonald since april, 1971. He initially studied mechanical engineering at the university of melbourne from 1960, but left and graduated from monash university with a bachelor of engineering degree in 1965. Travelling north is an australian film that lives up to its name because its about life in a northern town. For over fifty years his plays have continued to attract strong audiences and box office revenue for the many theatre companies around the country who produce and continue to produce his work. As written by david williamson, who adapted his own play for the screen, and as played by julia. Itself rather an aging piece of work it tells the story of two older australians who move to northern nsw from. Brett boardmansydney theatre company d avid williamson is a bit of a problem.
A number of his stage works have been adapted for the. Travelling north by david williamson 26 ratings, 3. Bryan brown and alison whyte star in david williamsons travelling north. The result may have a slight plot, but it feels like a. John ruskins romantic tours, 18371838 travelling north by hanley, keith. The film is a wellobserved character study about a couple in their twilight years. The travelling hiking backpack black waist buckle day pack. Discussion of themes and motifs in david williamsons travelling north. They happily leave chilly melbourne for tropical queensland, seeking warmer climes and a change in lifestyle, to the horror and inconvenience of their children.