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David Williamson


Born
in Melbourne, Australia
February 19, 1942

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David Williamson AO gained a Bachelor of Engineering at Monash University in 1965 before briefly working as a design engineer at General Motors Holden and in 1966 he began lecturing in thermodynamics and social psychology at Swinburne Technical College.

Mr Williamson began writing and performing plays in 1968 with La Mama Theatre Company.

The Removalists and Don's Party established him as Australia's best-known playwright and established his reputation overseas on the stages of Europe and America.

His success in films is notable, having written the screenplays to Don's Party (1976), The Club (1980) and Phar Lap (1982), as well as collaborating with Peter Weir to make Gallipoli (1980) and The Year of Living Dangerously (1982). Over 30 years, hi
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Average rating: 3.34 · 904 ratings · 85 reviews · 41 distinct worksSimilar authors
The Club

3.44 avg rating — 197 ratings — published 1977 — 4 editions
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Dead White Males

3.40 avg rating — 141 ratings — published 1995 — 4 editions
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Don's Party

3.15 avg rating — 143 ratings — published 1973 — 7 editions
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Brilliant Lies

2.89 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 1993 — 5 editions
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Emerald City

3.47 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 1987 — 13 editions
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Travelling North

3.79 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 1980 — 8 editions
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The Perfectionist

3.45 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1983 — 5 editions
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The Department

4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1975 — 4 editions
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After the Ball

2.83 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1997 — 3 editions
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Money and Friends

3.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1992 — 4 editions
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“One thing I'll have to face about myself, I suppose, is that while I've always loved mankind in general, I have been less than generous to some of those I've been involved with in particular.”
David Williamson, Travelling North

“Tubby Robbins took me apart in the ’39 Grand Final and when I got home Rosemary said, “I think you met your match today,” and I thumped her one. She apologised later but by that time the damage was done.”
David Williamson, The Club



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