''Man-Child'' is an Australian musical written by

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, labelled "a musical odyssey in search of truth". The musical has no unifying plot and no characters, but consists of a series of independent dream sequences presented through 17 songs. Neal first conceived the musical working in

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in 1968. After a short season at the Playhouse in

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, ''Man-Child'' opened in

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in August 1971 in a 600-seat plastic bubble tent called the 'Bubble Theatre' at the Sydney Showground. The production toured to the

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and to

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and

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. A cast album was released in 1972.

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