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The Coming Of Stork
''The Coming of Stork'' was the first play written by David Williamson. The cast for the original production included Alan Finney, Bruce Spence and Peter Cummins. It was adapted into a feature film A feature film or feature-length film (often abbreviated to feature), also called a theatrical film, is a film (Film, motion picture, "movie" or simply “picture”) with a running time long enough to be considered the principal or sole present ... 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 *Review of 1973 Sydney productionat The Bulletin 1970 plays Plays by David William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Williamson
David Keith Williamson (born 1942) is an Australian playwright, who has also written screenplays and teleplays. He became known in the early 1970s with his political comic drama '' Don's Party'', and other well-known plays include '' The Club'', '' Travelling North'', and '' Emerald City''. Early life and education David Williamson was born in Melbourne, Victoria, in 1942, and was brought up in Bairnsdale. 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. His early forays into the theatre were as an actor and writer of skits for the Engineers' Revue at Melbourne University's Union Theatre at lunchtime during the early 1960s, and as a satirical sketch writer for Monash University student reviews and the Emerald Hill Theatre Company. After a brief stint as design engineer for GM Holden, Williamson became a lecturer in mechanical engineering and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Spence
Bruce Robert Spence (born 17 September 1945) is a New Zealand-born Australian actor. Spence has amassed over 100 film and television credits and has also acted in theatre. Career Spence won an AFI Award for Best Actor for his role in the 1971 comedy ''Stork''. Spence's best known film role is as the gyrocopter pilot in ''Mad Max 2'' (1981). He also played the lead role in Werner Herzog's '' Where the Green Ants Dream'' (1984) and portrayed Jedediah the pilot in '' Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome'' (1985). In the 21st century, Spence played the Mouth of Sauron in '' The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'' (2003), the Trainman in '' The Matrix Revolutions'' (2003), and Baxter in Disney's '' Inspector Gadget 2'' (2003), and voiced the character Chum in ''Finding Nemo'' (2003). He also portrayed Tion Medon in '' Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith'' (2005) and played Lord Rhoop in '' The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader'' (2010). Spence por ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Cummins
Donald Cummins (2 June 1931 – October 2024), better known as Peter Cummins, was an Australian 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. Cummins was part of the Carlton group that were influential in Australian theatre of the early 1970s, which also included David Williamson, Max Gillies, Graeme Blundell and Bruce Spence. Cummins was a long-term resident of Fitzroy, Victoria. He died in October 2024, at the age of 93. Filmography Film *'' Nothing Like Experience'' (1970) *''Country Town'' (1971) *'' Bonjour Balwyn'' (1971) as TV repairman *''Stork'' (1971) as Sculptor *'' Brumby Innes'' (1973) *'' Dalmas'' (1973) as Plastic Man *''Alvin Purple'' (1973) as Cab Driver *'' Between Wars'' (1974) *'' The Firm Man'' (1975) as Gerald Baxter *'' Sunday Too Far Away'' (1975) as Arthur Black *'' The Great Macarthy'' (1975) as Rerk *'' The Removalists'' (1975) as Sergeant Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stork (film)
''Stork'' is a 1971 Australian comedy film directed by Tim Burstall. ''Stork'' is based on the play '' The Coming of Stork'' by David Williamson. Bruce Spence and Jacki Weaver make their feature film debuts in ''Stork'', being honoured at the 1972 Australian Film Institute Awards, where they shared the acting prize. ''Stork'' won the prize for best narrative feature and Tim Burstall won for best direction. Stork was one of the first ocker comedies. ''Stork'' was the first commercial success of the Australian cinema revival called the Australian New Wave. Plot Stork is a 6-foot 7 hypochondriac who dreams of revolution and works at Holden. He is sacked from his job after doing a strip tease at work and goes to live in a share house in Carlton with his friend Westy and two trendy young men, Tony and Clyde, who share the same girlfriend, Anna. Stork loses his virginity to Anna and falls in love with her. Anna falls pregnant and Clyde decides to marry her. Stork interrupts the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Papua New Guinea Post-courier
The ''Papua New Guinea Post-Courier'' is a newspaper based in Konedobu, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. It was established on 30 June 1969. Its parent company, The Herald and Weekly Times (later purchased by News Corp Australia), had acquired what had then been the two main newspapers in Papua New Guinea, the three-days-a-week ''South Pacific Post'' and the twice-weekly ''New Guinea Times Courier'', and decided to amalgamate them into one publication. It was the first national daily newspaper in Papua New Guinea. Luke Sela was editor from 1978 to 2000. The Post-Courier has a daily circulation of 26,262. The paper is majority owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp The second and current incarnation of News Corporation, doing business as News Corp, is an American mass media and publishing company headquartered at 1211 Avenue of the Americas in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. The company was formed on .... The ''Post-Courier's'' readership is mainly urban, and it is consid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970 Plays
Year 197 ( CXCVII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Magius and Rufinus (or, less frequently, year 950 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 197 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * February 19 – Battle of Lugdunum: Emperor Septimius Severus defeats the self-proclaimed emperor Clodius Albinus at Lugdunum (modern Lyon). Albinus commits suicide; legionaries sack the town. * Septimius Severus returns to Rome and has about 30 of Albinus's supporters in the Senate executed. After his victory he declares himself the adopted son of the late Marcus Aurelius. * Septimius Severus forms new naval units, manning all the triremes in Italy with heavily armed troops for war in the East. His soldiers embark on an artificial canal between the Tigris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plays By David Williamson
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Australian Plays Adapted Into Films
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1970s Australian Plays
Year 197 ( CXCVII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Magius and Rufinus (or, less frequently, year 950 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 197 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * February 19 – Battle of Lugdunum: Emperor Septimius Severus defeats the self-proclaimed emperor Clodius Albinus at Lugdunum (modern Lyon). Albinus commits suicide; legionaries sack the town. * Septimius Severus returns to Rome and has about 30 of Albinus's supporters in the Senate executed. After his victory he declares himself the adopted son of the late Marcus Aurelius. * Septimius Severus forms new naval units, manning all the triremes in Italy with heavily armed troops for war in the East. His soldiers embark on an artificial canal between the Tigris a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
