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The Golden Age 2nd UK ed. Edition
Author(s): Louis Nowra (Author)
- Publisher: Currency Press Pty Ltd
- Publication Date: 4 Feb. 1985
- Edition: 2nd UK ed.
- Language: English
- Print length: 108 pages
- ISBN-10: 0868192341
- ISBN-13: 9780868192345
Book Description
This haunting play was inspired by the true story of a group of people, ‘ghosts from the netherworld of an Australian childhood’, who were discovered in the wilds of Tasmania in 1939. Lost in time and steeped in its own history and traditions, this curious community is a complete mystery and a disturbing challenge to its modern counterpart.
The Golden Age 2nd UK ed. Edition is a play of eloquence and epic scale and has been hailed as one of Louis Nowra’s greatest theatrical achievements.
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About the Author
LOUIS NOWRA was born in Melbourne. His plays include Page 8 (with David Page), The Woman With Dog’s Eyes, The Marvellous Boy, The Emperor of Sydney, Inner Voices, Visions, Inside The Island, The Precious Woman, Sunrise, The Golden Age, Capricornia, Byzantine Flowers, The Watchtower, Summer of the Aliens, Cosi, Radiance, The Temple, Crow, Miss Bosnia, The Incorruptible, The Jungle and The Language of the Gods. He has translated The Prince of Homburg, Cyrano de Bergerac and Lulu for the stage. He has also written the libretti for Whitsunday and Love Burns. For television he has written Displaced Persons, Hunger and The Lizard King and for film, Map of the Human Heart, Cosi, Heaven’s Burning, Radiance, K-19: The Widowmaker and Black and White. His radio plays include Albert Names Edward, The Song Room, The Widows, Sydney and The Divine Hammer. Other writings include nonfiction works The Cheated, Warne’s World and Walkabout (in Currency’s Australian Screen Classics series); four novels The Misery of Beauty, Palu, Red Nights and Abaza; and two memoirs, The Twelfth of Never and Shooting the Moon. Nowra has won multiple awards and prizes, and lives in Sydney.
