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Not Wrong, Just Different: Observations on the rise of the contemporary Australian theatre

Not Wrong, Just Different: Observations on the rise of the contemporary Australian theatre

Observations on the rise of the contemporary Australian theatre
By Katharine Brisbane
ISBN
9780868197777
Publisher
Currency Press
Publication Date
26 September 2005
Edition
First
Format
Paperback
Availability
Available
$25.99
Description

An anthology of writings and commentary from Australia’s foremost theatre writer and Currency Press founder. Not Wrong, Just Different traces the development of theatre in Australia from the time that Katharine Brisbane joined the staff of The Australian in mid-1967 right up to today’s state of the performing arts.

From Brecht to Barry Humphries, from Chekhov to Patrick White, Katherine Brisbane’s lucid account of Australian theatre is presented comprehensively in this original collection.

Biography
Katharine Brisbane
Katharine Brisbane

KATHARINE BRISBANE AM, Hon.Ph.D (UNSW, UWA) was co-founder in 1971 of Currency Press Pty Ltd, the performing arts publishers and its publisher for 30 years. In 2001 she founded Currency House Inc. as a non-profit association to assert the value of the performing arts in public life. She was a theatre critic for 21 years, notably national critic of the Australian 1967–74 during a time of radical change; and has published extensively on the history of Australian theatre, including Not Wrong, Just Different: Observations on the Rise of Contemporary Australian Theatre (2005) and on drama in The Cambridge History of Australian Literature (ed Peter Pierce, 2009). Over 40 years she has received many awards for service to the performing arts.

Katharine Brisbane's Other Books (4)
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Extent 384
Edition First
Size 235 x 155
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