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'''Raymond Bowers''' was an Australian writer who mostly worked in London. He worked as a journalist in Perth, writing for amateur theatre. In 1954 at age 34 he went to London in order to improve his chances of having his work done professionally. His breakthrough play was ''[[In Writing]]'' in 1956, later done for Australian television. "My first aim is to make money," he said in 1957. "To do that you have to entertain. If I have any philosophising to do, I'll leave it until I'm well established."<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|date=15 July 1957|page=10|title=Playwrights Succeed in London|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/121361908/?terms=%22geography%2Bthat%2Bcounts%22}}</ref> |
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'''Raymond Bowers''' was an Australian writer who mostly worked in London. |
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==Select Credits== |
==Select Credits== |
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*''In Writing'' (1956) |
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*''[[It's the Geography That Counts]]'' (1957) - play<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51189972 |title=All their hopes go down the mine |newspaper=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]] |volume=25, |issue=8 |location=Australia, Australia |date=7 August 1957 |accessdate=9 August 2020 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref> |
*''[[It's the Geography That Counts]]'' (1957) - play<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51189972 |title=All their hopes go down the mine |newspaper=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]] |volume=25, |issue=8 |location=Australia, Australia |date=7 August 1957 |accessdate=9 August 2020 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref> |
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*''It's the Geography That Counts'' (1960) - Australian TV play |
*''It's the Geography That Counts'' (1960) - Australian TV play |
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*''[[In Writing]]'' (1961) - Australian TV Play |
*''[[In Writing]]'' (1961) - Australian TV Play |
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*''[[The Right Thing (film)|The Right Thing]]'' (1963) |
*''[[The Right Thing (film)|The Right Thing]]'' (1963) |
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*''The Planemakers'' - TV series<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article105884853 |title=Making hay in UK |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=40, |issue=11,380 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=1 February 1966 |accessdate=9 August 2020 |page=15 |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref> |
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*''Crossroads'' - TV series |
*''Crossroads'' - TV series |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 11:34, 9 August 2020
Raymond Bowers was an Australian writer who mostly worked in London. He worked as a journalist in Perth, writing for amateur theatre. In 1954 at age 34 he went to London in order to improve his chances of having his work done professionally. His breakthrough play was In Writing in 1956, later done for Australian television. "My first aim is to make money," he said in 1957. "To do that you have to entertain. If I have any philosophising to do, I'll leave it until I'm well established."[1]
Select Credits
- In Writing (1956)
- It's the Geography That Counts (1957) - play[2]
- It's the Geography That Counts (1960) - Australian TV play
- In Writing (1961) - Australian TV Play
- The Right Thing (1963)
- The Planemakers - TV series[3]
- Crossroads - TV series
References
- ^ "Playwrights Succeed in London". The Age. 15 July 1957. p. 10.
- ^ "All their hopes go down the mine". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 25, , no. 8. Australia, Australia. 7 August 1957. p. 4. Retrieved 9 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - ^ "Making hay in UK". The Canberra Times. Vol. 40, , no. 11, 380. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 1 February 1966. p. 15. Retrieved 9 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
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