Author

DAVID WILLIAMSON

David Williamson

DAVID WILLIAMSON is Australia’s best-known and most widely performed playwright. His first full-length play, The Coming of Stork, was presented at La Mama Theatre in 1970 and was followed by The Removalists, Don’s Party, The Department, The Club, Travelling North,The Perfectionist, Sons of Cain, Emerald City, Top Silk, Money and Friends, Brilliant Lies, Sanctuary, Dead White Males, After the Ball, Corporate Vibes, Face to Face, Rupert, Nearer the Gods and Sorting out Rachel.

He has had over fifty plays produced. His plays have been translated into many languages and performed internationally, including major productions in London, Los Angeles, New York and Washington. As a screenwriter, Williamson has brought his own plays to the screen, including The Removalists, Don’s Party, The Club, Travelling North and Emerald City, along with his original screenplays for feature films, including Libido, Petersen, Gallipoli, Phar Lap, The Year of Living Dangerously and Balibo. The adaptation of his play Face to Face, directed by Michael Rymer, won the Panavision Spirit Award for Independent Film at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. Williamson was the first person outside Britain to receive the George Devine Award (for The Removalists). His many awards include twelve Australian Writers’ Guild AWGIE Awards, five Australian Film Institute Awards for Best Screenplay, and in 1996 the United Nations Association of Australia Media Peace Award. In 2005 he was awarded the Richard Lane Award for services to the Australian Writers’ Guild. David has received four honorary doctorates and been made an Officer of the Order of Australia. Williamson has been named one of Australia’s Living National Treasures.

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THE DEPARTMENT by David Williamson
AFTER THE BALL by David Williamson
AMIGOS by David Williamson
BRILLIANT LIES by David Williamson
THE CLUB by David Williamson
DEAD WHITE MALES by David Williamson
DON'S PARTY by David Williamson
EMERALD CITY by David Williamson
SANCTUARY by David Williamson
INFLUENCE by David Williamson
THE JACK MANNING TRILOGY by David Williamson
MONEY AND FRIENDS by David Williamson
THE PERFECTIONIST by David Williamson
THE REMOVALISTS by David Williamson
BIRTHRIGHTS by David Williamson
TOP SILK by David Williamson
TRAVELLING NORTH by David Williamson
UP FOR GRABS by David Williamson
WILLIAMSON: COLLECTED PLAYS VOLUME II by David Williamson
A HANDFUL OF FRIENDS by David Williamson
FACE TO FACE by David Williamson
A CONVERSATION by David Williamson
CHARITABLE INTENT by David Williamson
OPERATOR by David Williamson
THE GREAT MAN by David Williamson
SOULMATES by David Williamson
CORPORATE VIBES by David Williamson
WILLIAMSON COLLECTED PLAYS VOL. IV by David Williamson
SCARLETT O'HARA AT THE CRIMSON PARROT by David Williamson
LET THE SUNSHINE by David Williamson
DON PARTIES ON by David Williamson
WILLIAMSON: COLLECTED PLAYS VOL. III by David Williamson
RUPERT by David Williamson
AT ANY COST? by David Williamson
MANAGING CARMEN by David Williamson
NOTHING PERSONAL by David Williamson
RHINESTONE REX AND MISS MONICA by David Williamson
WHEN DAD MARRIED FURY by David Williamson
CRUNCH TIME by David Williamson
CREDENTIALS by David Williamson
DAVID WILLIAMSON: COLLECTED PLAYS VOLUME V by David Williamson
FAMILY VALUES by David Williamson
NEARER THE GODS by David Williamson
SORTING OUT RACHEL by David Williamson
THE BIG TIME by David Williamson
ODD MAN OUT by David Williamson
THE GREAT DIVIDE by David Williamson

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