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'''''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> |
'''''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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==Background== |
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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><ref |
The play was commissioned by [[John Sumner (director)|John Sumner]] of the [[Melbourne Theatre Company]] in mid 1971. Williamson submitted a storyline called ''Return from Vietname'' about a conscript, Graham, who discovers his wife, Karen, has left him for an economist, Neville. The play was originally titled ''Third World Blues'' but the MTC requested this be changed to ''Juggler's Three''. The play underwent many revisions, and at one stage included sequences set in Vietnam.<ref>Kiernan p 74-78</ref><ref name="peter"/> |
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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 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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Williamson later called the play "a hysterical and unresearched piece of melodramatical nonsense."<ref name="peter"/> |
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==''Third World Blues''== |
==''Third World Blues''== |
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Williamson later reworked the play again in 1996 as ''Third World Blues''.<ref>[http://www.pacsa.asn.au/pac/cf/prodinfo.cfm?id=19 "Background to Third World Blues", ''Performing Arts Collection''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110331053053/http://www.pacsa.asn.au/pac/cf/prodinfo.cfm?id=19 |date=2011-03-31 }} accessed 26 Oct 2012</ref><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|first=Peter|last=Cochrane|date=14 March 1997|page=15|title=Williamson's World}}</ref> |
Williamson later reworked the play again in 1996 as ''Third World Blues''.<ref>[http://www.pacsa.asn.au/pac/cf/prodinfo.cfm?id=19 "Background to Third World Blues", ''Performing Arts Collection''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110331053053/http://www.pacsa.asn.au/pac/cf/prodinfo.cfm?id=19 |date=2011-03-31 }} accessed 26 Oct 2012</ref> This was done at the behest of Wayne Harrison, the director, who was an admirer of the original play. There had been a well publicised conflict between Harrison and Williamson over the staging of ''Heretic'' but they reunited for this play.<ref name="pete">{{cite news|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|first=Peter|last=Cochrane|date=14 March 1997|page=15|title=Williamson's World}}</ref> |
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Williamson rewrote the play after researching by talking to Vietnam veterans and counsellors. He said "the original was virtually in farce form - there was something like 39 entrances and exits. It's down to 19 now, which structurally makes it half as farcical as before."<ref name="pete"/> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 03:12, 1 June 2020
| 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]
Background
The play was commissioned by John Sumner of the Melbourne Theatre Company in mid 1971. Williamson submitted a storyline called Return from Vietname about a conscript, Graham, who discovers his wife, Karen, has left him for an economist, Neville. The play was originally titled Third World Blues but the MTC requested this be changed to Juggler's Three. The play underwent many revisions, and at one stage included sequences set in Vietnam.[4][5]
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[6]
Williamson later called the play "a hysterical and unresearched piece of melodramatical nonsense."[5]
Third World Blues
Williamson later reworked the play again in 1996 as Third World Blues.[7] This was done at the behest of Wayne Harrison, the director, who was an admirer of the original play. There had been a well publicised conflict between Harrison and Williamson over the staging of Heretic but they reunited for this play.[8]
Williamson rewrote the play after researching by talking to Vietnam veterans and counsellors. He said "the original was virtually in farce form - there was something like 39 entrances and exits. It's down to 19 now, which structurally makes it half as farcical as before."[8]
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
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
peterwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Kiernan p 108
- ^ "Background to Third World Blues", Performing Arts Collection Archived 2011-03-31 at the Wayback Machine accessed 26 Oct 2012
- ^ a b Cochrane, Peter (14 March 1997). "Williamson's World". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 15.
Notes
- Brian Kiernan, David Williamson: A Writer's Career, Currency Press, 1996