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'''''The Indecent Exposure of Anthony East''''' is a 1968 play by [[David Williamson]].<ref>Brian Kiernan, ''David Williamson: A Writer's Career'', Currency Press, 1996 p 44-46</ref>
'''''The Indecent Exposure of Anthony East''''' is a 1968 play by [[David Williamson]].<ref>Brian Kiernan, ''David Williamson: A Writer's Career'', Currency Press, 1996 p 44-46</ref>


It was Williamson's second completed play and first play performed publicly.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article250365769 |title=New writer on the scene |newspaper=[[Papua New Guinea Post-courier]] |volume= |location=International, Australia |date=24 November 1972 |accessdate=17 October 2019 |page=20 |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref>
It was Williamson's second completed play - the first had been an adaptation of ''King Lear''. It was first play performed publicly.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article250365769 |title=New writer on the scene |newspaper=[[Papua New Guinea Post-courier]] |volume= |location=International, Australia |date=24 November 1972 |accessdate=17 October 2019 |page=20 |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref> He wrote it in 1967 when working at Swinburne Tech.<ref name="barry"/>


It was produced by the [[Melbourne University]] student theatre group, Tin Alley Players. It was performed over three nights, and was directed by Christopher Bell with filmmaker Brian Davis playing the title role. It has never been revived.<ref> Premiere of new play, The Age, 15 August 1968, 6</ref>
It was produced by the [[Melbourne University]] student theatre group, Tin Alley Players. It was performed over three nights, and was directed by Christopher Bell with filmmaker Brian Davis playing the title role. It has never been revived.<ref> Premiere of new play, The Age, 15 August 1968, 6</ref>
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William wrote a program note for the production:
William wrote a program note for the production:
<blockquote>There is a belief that an Australian writer is an inferior creature. This belief may not be shaken by tonight’s performance – but nevertheless I should like to thank the producer for helping to get this play into a shape which is at least workable, and for his courage in taking an ‘Austalian’ production. We need an Austalian Theatre because we are not Americans, Britons or Swedes, and, until local producers are prepared to do the hard work of finding potential playwrights, helping them to raise rough drafts and enabling them to learn from their own mistakes, we won’t get it. <ref>[http://www.must.unimelb.edu.au/?p=9877 Information of original production] at University of Melbourne Student Theatre Archive</ref></blockquote>
<blockquote>There is a belief that an Australian writer is an inferior creature. This belief may not be shaken by tonight’s performance – but nevertheless I should like to thank the producer for helping to get this play into a shape which is at least workable, and for his courage in taking an ‘Austalian’ production. We need an Austalian Theatre because we are not Americans, Britons or Swedes, and, until local producers are prepared to do the hard work of finding potential playwrights, helping them to raise rough drafts and enabling them to learn from their own mistakes, we won’t get it. <ref>[http://www.must.unimelb.edu.au/?p=9877 Information of original production] at University of Melbourne Student Theatre Archive</ref></blockquote>
In a 1995 interview Williamson called the play "shithouse. It had a stultifying effet on the individual audiences who tended to get, well, restless. That's the truth if it's no good. The setting is a huge industrial firm and a secret orchestra were wheeled in. It was about paranoia and trade unions. East hated all his fellow workers. Shithouse.""<ref name="barry">{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|date=13 May 1995|first=Barry|last=Dickins|page=166|title=Playing on the Water}}</ref>
==Plot==
==Premise==
A corporate executive writes [[romantic fiction]].
A corporate executive writes [[romantic fiction]].
==Reception==

According to a later report, the three performances cost $250 and grossed $175.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|first=Peter|last=Cochrane|date=14 March 1997|page=15|title=Williamson's World}}</ref>
==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}

Revision as of 02:53, 1 June 2020

The Indecent Exposure of Anthony East
Written byDavid Williamson
Characters2W 8M
Date premiered15 August 1968
Place premieredUniversity of Melbourne
Original languageEnglish
SettingAnthony East's office in a large company

The Indecent Exposure of Anthony East is a 1968 play by David Williamson.[1]

It was Williamson's second completed play - the first had been an adaptation of King Lear. It was first play performed publicly.[2] He wrote it in 1967 when working at Swinburne Tech.[3]

It was produced by the Melbourne University student theatre group, Tin Alley Players. It was performed over three nights, and was directed by Christopher Bell with filmmaker Brian Davis playing the title role. It has never been revived.[4]

William wrote a program note for the production:

There is a belief that an Australian writer is an inferior creature. This belief may not be shaken by tonight’s performance – but nevertheless I should like to thank the producer for helping to get this play into a shape which is at least workable, and for his courage in taking an ‘Austalian’ production. We need an Austalian Theatre because we are not Americans, Britons or Swedes, and, until local producers are prepared to do the hard work of finding potential playwrights, helping them to raise rough drafts and enabling them to learn from their own mistakes, we won’t get it. [5]

In a 1995 interview Williamson called the play "shithouse. It had a stultifying effet on the individual audiences who tended to get, well, restless. That's the truth if it's no good. The setting is a huge industrial firm and a secret orchestra were wheeled in. It was about paranoia and trade unions. East hated all his fellow workers. Shithouse.""[3]

Premise

A corporate executive writes romantic fiction.

Reception

According to a later report, the three performances cost $250 and grossed $175.[6]

References

  1. ^ Brian Kiernan, David Williamson: A Writer's Career, Currency Press, 1996 p 44-46
  2. ^ "New writer on the scene". Papua New Guinea Post-courier. International, Australia. 24 November 1972. p. 20. Retrieved 17 October 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ a b Dickins, Barry (13 May 1995). "Playing on the Water". The Age. p. 166.
  4. ^ Premiere of new play, The Age, 15 August 1968, 6
  5. ^ Information of original production at University of Melbourne Student Theatre Archive
  6. ^ Cochrane, Peter (14 March 1997). "Williamson's World". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 15.
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