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HOLDING THE MAN

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Based on Timothy Conigrave’s celebrated memoir of the same name which won the 1995 UN Human Rights Award for Non-Fiction and was voted one of Australia’s top 100 most favourite books. Tommy Murphy’s stage adaptation faithfully captures the book’s heart-wrenchingly honest portrayal of a fifteen-year relationship, but also succeeds in transforming it into a unique theatrical experience that is wholly his own.

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  • 6 total
  • 2 female identifying, 4 male identifying
  • 18+
  • adult, young adult
  • Currency Press


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Male | 20s | under 3 minutes
Starts on page 49

EXTRACT: There are Lebs there too. And junkies. Junkie Lebs. Terrorist junkie Lebs everywhere and the drought. Council's got to do something. More roundabouts. Ivan Milat's running for alderman but. Shooters Party and a Family First preference deal, they reckon. It's such a hot day. Come back. We'd drive straight to the pool. Straight down the highway. Straight through town. Straight to the pool. Dive in and swim to the other side.

Adult themes

REVIEW: HOLDING THE MAN BY TOMMY MURPHY

STEPHEN DUNNE, SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, 13 NOVEMBER 2006

"It is easy to forget, to allow the memories of the relatively recent past to slide away to a possibly helpful distance. Australia's experience of HIV/AIDS in the 1980s and '90s is thus ancient history, and so much of that time is gone..."

REVIEW: STRANGERS IN BETWEEN BY TOMMY MURPHY

ALEKSEI WECHTER, AUSTRALIAN STAGE, 30 MAY 2008

"What entails is a not only the humourous exploration of a young country boy’s first experiences and the challenges he is confronted by in the Cross, but an examination of Australian gay culture and broader contemporary Australian social issues such as the drug/prostitution scene and aged care."

EXTRACT: HOLDING THE MAN

CURRENCY PRESS

PDF Extract of 'Holding the Man' by Tommy Murphy.

EXTRACT: STRANGERS IN BETWEEN

CURRENCY PRESS

PDF Extract of 'Strangers in Between' by Tommy Murphy.

TEACHERS' NOTES: HOLDING THE MAN

BELVOIR, 2007

PDF Teachers' Notes for 'Holding the Man' by Tommy Murphy, Company B and Griffin Theatre Company.

INTERVIEW: TOMMY MURPHY (NOT IN PRINT PODCAST)

CURRENCY PRESS, 14 FEBRUARY 2013

Not in Print speaks to Australian playwright Tommy Murphy about his play 'Holding the Man'.

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