Australia's Player King
The Life and Films of Peter Finch
$31.99
- Paperback
600 pages
- Release Date
30 October 2024
Summary
Exploring Peter Finch’s life as an abandoned, unloved child is a key in understanding his brilliant mesmerising style of acting. In his youth in Australia, he conquered all the fields in acting well before his discovery after the war in 1947 by Sir Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh in Sydney on their Old Vic Company Tour. He chose London and his destiny was established with films like The Shiralee, A Town like Alice, The Trials of Oscar Wilde, Sunday Bloody Sund…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780645815894 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0645815896 |
| Author: | John Ramsland |
| Publisher: | Brolga Publishing Pty Ltd |
| Imprint: | Brolga Publishing Pty Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 600 |
| Release Date: | 30 October 2024 |
| Weight: | 450g |
| Dimensions: | 210mm x 135mm |
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About The Author
John Ramsland
John Ramsland
John Ramsland is Emeritus Professor at The University of Newcastle and the author of several books and many articles on Australian social history.
His most recent books include:
- With just and Relentless discipline : A Social History of Corrective Services in New South Wales (1996)
- Custodians of the Soil :A History of Aboriginal-European Relationships in the Manning Valley of New South Wales (2001)
He has also published widely on the history of neglected and institutionalised children in England, France, and Australia.
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