Down Under (play)

Down Under
Down Under
Written by	Bob Ellis; Anne Brooksbank
Date premiered	September 4, 1975
Place premiered	Stables Theatre, Sydney
Original language	English
Subject	Australian life
Genre	comedy
Setting	Sydney, Australia

Down Under is a 1975 Australian play by Bob Ellis and Anne Brooksbank.

The original production had a cast that included Carmen Duncan and Bill Hunter.^[2]^[3]^[4]

The Sydney Morning Herald critic said "this may be the best and bitchiest play since Don's Party."^[5] The Bulletin said the writers "have skilfully constructed a good solid three-acter which accurately and entertainingly reflects -the times, yet in its emotional sterility goes no further."^[6]

Towards the end of the play's run at the Nimrod, Ellis and Brooksbank bought the theatre.^[7] Ellis later said they bought it when Down Under was "under threat of eviction".^[8]

The play was published by Currency Press.^[9]

References

^ "Advertising". Tharunka. Vol. 21, no. 20. New South Wales, Australia. 3 September 1975. p. 17. Retrieved 3 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "DOWN UNDER". Tharunka. Vol. 21, no. 22. New South Wales, Australia. 17 September 1975. p. 17. Retrieved 3 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "'Down Under'". The Australian Jewish Times. Vol. 83, no. 28. New South Wales, Australia. 25 March 1976. p. 23. Retrieved 3 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Advertising". Tharunka. Vol. 21, no. 23. New South Wales, Australia. 24 September 1975. p. 20. Retrieved 3 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
^ Walford, Leslie (14 September 1975). "A cry of failure in the suburbs". Sydney Morning Herald. p. 122.
^ "THEATRE A voyage of POW trauma", The Bulletin, John Ryan Comic Collection (Specific issues)., 097 (4976), Sydney, N.S.W: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald (published 1880), 27 Sep 1975, ISSN 0007-4039, nla.obj-1647225908, retrieved 3 July 2023 – via Trove
^ "Authors buy own theatre for $45,000". The Age. 1 April 1976. p. 10.
^ "Characters in audience". Sydney Morning Herald. 9 December 1980. p. 8.
^ "AUSTRALIAN GODOT AWAITED". The Canberra Times. Vol. 52, no. 15, 686. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 2 September 1978. p. 15. Retrieved 3 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.

External links

Down Under at AusStage
Down Under at AustLit

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[1] "Advertising". Tharunka. Vol. 21, no. 20. New South Wales, Australia. 3 September 1975. p. 17. Retrieved 3 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.

[2] "DOWN UNDER". Tharunka. Vol. 21, no. 22. New South Wales, Australia. 17 September 1975. p. 17. Retrieved 3 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.

[3] "'Down Under'". The Australian Jewish Times. Vol. 83, no. 28. New South Wales, Australia. 25 March 1976. p. 23. Retrieved 3 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.

[4] "Advertising". Tharunka. Vol. 21, no. 23. New South Wales, Australia. 24 September 1975. p. 20. Retrieved 3 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.

[5] Walford, Leslie (14 September 1975). "A cry of failure in the suburbs". Sydney Morning Herald. p. 122.

[6] "THEATRE A voyage of POW trauma", The Bulletin, John Ryan Comic Collection (Specific issues)., 097 (4976), Sydney, N.S.W: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald (published 1880), 27 Sep 1975, ISSN 0007-4039, nla.obj-1647225908, retrieved 3 July 2023 – via Trove

[7] "Authors buy own theatre for $45,000". The Age. 1 April 1976. p. 10.

[8] "Characters in audience". Sydney Morning Herald. 9 December 1980. p. 8.

[9] "AUSTRALIAN GODOT AWAITED". The Canberra Times. Vol. 52, no. 15, 686. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 2 September 1978. p. 15. Retrieved 3 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.

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v t e Works of Bob Ellis
Theatre	The Legend of King O'Malley (1970) Duke of Edinburgh Assassinated or The Vindication of Henry Parkes (1971) The Francis James Dossier (1973) The James Dossier (1975) Down Under (1975) A Very Good Year (1980) A Local Man (2004)
Screenplays	Newsfront (1978) Fatty Finn (1980) Maybe This Time (1980) Goodbye Paradise (1983) Man of Flowers (1983) The Winds of Jarrah (1983) My First Wife (1984) Top Kid (1985) (TV) The Paper Boy (1985) (TV) Cactus (1986) Bullseye (1987) Perhaps Love (1987) (TV) True Believers (1988) (TV) Ebbtide (1994) Bastards from the Bush, A Journey with Bob Ellis and Les Murray (1998) Infamous Victory: Ben Chifley's Battle for Coal (2008)
Director	Unfinished Business (1985) Dreaming of Lords (1988) (TV) Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train (1988) The Nostradamus Kid (1993) Run Rabbit Run (2007)

Down Under
Written by	Bob Ellis Anne Brooksbank
Date premiered	September 4, 1975 (1975-09-04) ^[1]
Place premiered	Stables Theatre, Sydney
Original language	English
Subject	Australian life
Genre	comedy
Setting	Sydney, Australia