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David Keith Williamson AO (born 24 February 1942) is an Australian playwright. He has also written screenplays and teleplays.
David Williamson, Australian dramatist and screenwriter known for topical satiric comedies that display his flair for naturalism and local vernacular. He explored the psychology of social interaction, focusing on the social and cultural attitudes of the Australian middle class.
The definitive memoir of David Williamson, author of iconic dramas such as The Removalists, The Club, Don’s Party, Emerald City and Travelling North, as well as more than fifty other plays, explores the life of the writer and the true stories and real lives that inspired his works.
David Williamson Biography. David Williamson’s first full-length play, The Coming of Stork, premiered at the La Mama Theatre, Carlton, in 1970 and later became the film Stork, directed by Tim Burstall.
David Williamson was born on 24 February 1942 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He is a writer and producer, known for Gallipoli (1981), Face to Face (2011) and Travelling North (1987). He is married to Kristin Williamson.
Oct 21, 2021 · Sam Strong’s revival of David Williamson’s Emerald City for the Melbourne Theatre Company was cancelled in March last year because of COVID-19. Credit: Jeff Busby
Jan 5, 2022 · Mechanical engineering graduate turned playwright, David Williamson has been entertaining Australian theatre goers for half a century with his iconic plays and screenplays. He sat down with...
The great Australian playwright David Williamson is talking in that distinctive and rich baritone voice of his from his home in Noosa, on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, when a small scene unexpectedly unfolds.
Williamson tackles the rise and rise of ex-Australian citizen and one of the planet’s most powerful, influential and feared men, Rupert Murdoch. He asks who the real Rupert Murdoch is and tries to uncover what makes this complex and fascinating character tick. Cast : 5M, 3F
David Williamson is arguably the greatest Australian screenwriter ever. He has written the full gamut of movies, from small, personal, fiercely independent films in the 1970s to internationally successful hits in the 1980s and beyond, in the process helping introduce Australia’s greatest ever movie star, Mel Gibson, to the wider world.
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