Big Toys

Big Toys
Big Toys
Directed by	Chris Thomson
Based on	play by Patrick White
Produced by	Alan Burke
Starring	Diane Cilento; John Gaden; Max Cullen; Colin Friels
Production; company	ABC
Distributed by	ABC
Release date	24 August 1980
Running time	90 mins
Country	Australia
Language	English

Big Toys
Big Toys
Written by	Patrick White
Characters	Ritchie Bosanquet, a wealthy and successful lawyer; Meg Bosanquet, socialite; Terry Legge, a well-connected trade union leader based on Jack Mundey
Date premiered	27 July 1977
Place premiered	Parade Theatre, Kensington, Sydney
Original language	English
Subject	A satire on Sydney high society
Genre	satire
Setting	Sydney

Big Toys is a 1977 Australian play by Patrick White. It was his first play in 14 years.

Stage productions

The original production was by the Old Tote Theatre Company in Sydney. The cast was Max Cullen, Arthur Dignam and Kate Fitzpatrick and it was directed by Jim Sharman.^[1] The play was specifically written for the three lead actors.^[2]

Film version

It was adapted into a 1980 TV film by Patrick White. The film was part of the Australian Theatre Festival.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Cast

Diane Cilento as Mag
Max Cullen as Terry
Colin Friels
John Gaden as Ritchie

References

^ Details of premiere production at AusStage
^ "Charity opening for play". The Canberra Times. Vol. 52, no. 14, 915. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 26 October 1977. p. 19. Retrieved 5 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
^ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p14
^ "WHY IS KATE FITZPATRICK WEARING A MOUSTACHE?". The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. 24 October 1979. p. 41. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
^ "TIMESTYLE RADIO TELEVISION CHESS CROSSWORDS 'Churchill' TV film raises veterans' ire". The Canberra Times. Vol. 54, no. 16, 084. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 7 October 1979. p. 13. Retrieved 5 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.

External links

Big Toys at IMDb
1980 TV adaptation at AustLit
Big Toys Australian performances at AusStage
Big Toys at Why Bother With Patrick White
Big Toys at Screen Australia

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[1] Details of premiere production at AusStage

[2] "Charity opening for play". The Canberra Times. Vol. 52, no. 14, 915. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 26 October 1977. p. 19. Retrieved 5 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.

[scott-3] Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p14

[4] "WHY IS KATE FITZPATRICK WEARING A MOUSTACHE?". The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. 24 October 1979. p. 41. Retrieved 7 August 2013.

[5] "TIMESTYLE RADIO TELEVISION CHESS CROSSWORDS 'Churchill' TV film raises veterans' ire". The Canberra Times. Vol. 54, no. 16, 084. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 7 October 1979. p. 13. Retrieved 5 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.

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v t e TV productions of Alan Burke
Dramas	A Fourth for Bridge (1957) A Rose Without a Thorn (1958) His Excellency (1958) The Skin of Our Teeth (1959) Misery Me (1959) Wuthering Heights (1959) The Slaughter of St Teresa's Day (1960) Farewell, Farewell, Eugene (1960) Venus Observed (1960) The Emperor Jones (1960) A Little South of Heaven (1961) The Merchant of Venice (1961) A Night Out (1961) The Taming of the Shrew (1962) My Three Angels (1962) The Young Victoria (1963) A Dead Secret (1963) The Tempest (1963) The Harp in the South (1964) Rusty Bugles (1965) Macbeth (1965) Dark Corridor (1965) The Prowler (1966) Antarctic Four (1966) The Survivor (1972) Redheap (1972) The Cousin from Fiji (1972) A Curate in Bohemia (1972) Dust or Polish? (1972) Halfway to Nowhere (1972) Essington (1974) Hamlet (1974) Ride on Stranger (1979) Coralie Lansdowne Says No (1980) A Toast to Melba (1980) Big Toys (1980) Departmental (1980) The Department (1980) Rusty Bugles (1981) A Hard God (1981) Going Home (1981) Jonah (1982) The Dean Case (1983) The Amorous Dentist (1983) A Halo for Athuan (1984) Kindred Spirits (1984) The Schippan Mystery (1984) Who Killed Hannah Jane? (1984) Rooted (1985) After Marcuse (1988) The Alien Years (1988)
Operas	Prima Donna (1959) Rita (1959) Cavalleria rusticana (1959) The Marriage of Figaro (1960) The Medium (1960) The Abduction from the Seraglio (1961) La Boheme (1961) Don Pasquale (1962)
Ballet	The Tell-Tale Heart (1961)
Musicals	Pardon Miss Westcott (1959) (writer only) Lola Montez (1962) The Sentimental Bloke (1976)

v t e Works by Patrick White
Novels	Happy Valley (1939) The Living and the Dead (1941) The Aunt's Story (1948) The Tree of Man (1955) Voss (1957) Riders in the Chariot (1961) The Solid Mandala (1966) The Vivisector (1970) The Eye of the Storm (1973) A Fringe of Leaves (1976) The Twyborn Affair (1979) Memoirs of Many in One (1986) The Hanging Garden (2012)
Short story collections	The Burnt Ones (1964) The Cockatoos (1974) Three Uneasy Pieces (1987)
Autobiography	Flaws in the Glass (1981)
Screenplays	The Night the Prowler (1978)
Plays	The Ham Funeral (1947) The Season at Sarsaparilla (1962) A Cheery Soul (1963) Night on Bald Mountain (1964) Big Toys (1977)
TV Adaptations	A Cheery Soul (1966) Big Toys (1980) The Ham Funeral (1990)