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'''''Juggler's Three''''' is an Australian play by [[David Williamson]]. It was based on the breakup of his first marriage.<ref>[http://reviews.media-culture.org.au/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=3449 Gemma England, "Biography: David Williamson: Behind the Scenes by Kristin Williamson", ''MC Reviews'' 29 June 2009] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602183241/http://reviews.media-culture.org.au/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=3449 |date= 2 June 2013 }} accessed 26 Oct 2012</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|first=Dave|last=Jones|title=David Williamson|magazine=Cinema Papers|issue=1|date=1 January 1974|page=8|url=https://ro.uow.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=cp}}</ref> |
'''''Juggler's Three''''' is an Australian play by [[David Williamson]]. It was based on the breakup of his first marriage, when he left his pregnant wife for a woman who left her husband.<ref>[http://reviews.media-culture.org.au/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=3449 Gemma England, "Biography: David Williamson: Behind the Scenes by Kristin Williamson", ''MC Reviews'' 29 June 2009] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602183241/http://reviews.media-culture.org.au/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=3449 |date= 2 June 2013 }} accessed 26 Oct 2012</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|first=Dave|last=Jones|title=David Williamson|magazine=Cinema Papers|issue=1|date=1 January 1974|page=8|url=https://ro.uow.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=cp}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/jan/11/david-williamson-on-retirement-politics-and-critics-for-years-i-couldnt-go-to-an-opening-night|date=11 January 2020|title= David Williamson on retirement, politics and critics: 'For years I couldn't go to an opening night'|first=Steve|last= Dow}}</ref> |
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The play was commissioned by [[John Sumner (director)|John Sumner]] of the [[Melbourne Theatre Company]] in mid 1971. The play underwent many revisions, and at one stage included sequences set in Vietnam.<ref>Kiernan p 74-78</ref> The first production was very well reviewed and later transferred from [[Russell St Theatre]] to [[Harry M. Miller]]'s Melbourne [[Playbox Theatre, Melbourne|Playbox Theatre]], which was rare for Australian plays at the time<ref>Kiernan p 108</ref> |
The play was commissioned by [[John Sumner (director)|John Sumner]] of the [[Melbourne Theatre Company]] in mid 1971. The play underwent many revisions, and at one stage included sequences set in Vietnam.<ref>Kiernan p 74-78</ref> The first production was very well reviewed and later transferred from [[Russell St Theatre]] to [[Harry M. Miller]]'s Melbourne [[Playbox Theatre, Melbourne|Playbox Theatre]], which was rare for Australian plays at the time<ref>Kiernan p 108</ref> |
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| Juggler's Three | |
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| Written by | David Williamson |
| Date premiered | 17 July 1972 |
| Place premiered | Russell St Theatre, Melbourne |
| Original language | English |
| Subject | Vietnam War |
Juggler's Three is an Australian play by David Williamson. It was based on the breakup of his first marriage, when he left his pregnant wife for a woman who left her husband.[1][2][3]
The play was commissioned by John Sumner of the Melbourne Theatre Company in mid 1971. The play underwent many revisions, and at one stage included sequences set in Vietnam.[4] The first production was very well reviewed and later transferred from Russell St Theatre to Harry M. Miller's Melbourne Playbox Theatre, which was rare for Australian plays at the time[5]
Third World Blues
Williamson later reworked the play again in 1996 as Third World Blues.[6]
References
- ^ Gemma England, "Biography: David Williamson: Behind the Scenes by Kristin Williamson", MC Reviews 29 June 2009 Archived 2 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine accessed 26 Oct 2012
- ^ Jones, Dave (1 January 1974). "David Williamson". Cinema Papers. No. 1. p. 8.
- ^ Dow, Steve (11 January 2020). "David Williamson on retirement, politics and critics: 'For years I couldn't go to an opening night'". The Guardian.
- ^ Kiernan p 74-78
- ^ Kiernan p 108
- ^ "Background to Third World Blues", Performing Arts Collection Archived 2011-03-31 at the Wayback Machine accessed 26 Oct 2012
Notes
- Brian Kiernan, David Williamson: A Writer's Career, Currency Press, 1996