Jack Hibberd
John Charles "Jack" Hibberd AM (born April 12, 1940 in Warracknabeal , Yarriambiack Shire , Victoria ) is an Australian playwright and author .
biography
Hibberd is married to actress Evelyn Krape and has two children with her: Spike and Molly. The children Lily (1972) and James (1984) are from the first marriage. He is a co-founder of the Australian Performing Group (APG). In 1983 he founded the Melbourne Writers Theater.
Career
His first piece, White With Wire Wheels , was performed at Melbourne University in 1967 . Shortly thereafter, his short play Three Old Friends was the first production, which premiered at La Mama Theater on July 29, 1967 in a cast with Graeme Blundell, Bruce Knappet and David Kendall. Hibberd's best-known plays are Dimboola (1969) and A Stretch of the Imagination (1972). 1973, David Williamson directed the performance of Dimboola at the Pram Factory. In 1979 the play was made into a film. A Stretch of the Imagination has been performed in England, the USA, Germany and China.
The Mama Theater hosted a 40th anniversary production of Three Old Friends and Just Before the Honeymoon and This Great Gap of Time . The premiere was on July 18, 2007, directed by Matt Scholten. There were also two productions of A Stretch of the Imagination . One was directed by Laurence Strangio (a recast with two cast members) and another by Greg Carroll. In 2008 La Mama performed Dimboola again.
In 2009, HIT Productions went on a 14-week tour of 26 venues with a new performance of A Stretch of the Imagination . Directed by Denis Moore, with John Wood in the lead .
Works (selection)
Plays
- White With Wire Wheels (1967) in ISBN 0-14-048106-0
- Three Old Friends (1967)
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Brain Rot Series - short plays (among others):
- Just Before the Honeymoon (1967)
- One of Nature's Gentlemen (1967)
- O (1968)
- This Great Gap of Time (1968)
- Dimboola (1969) ISBN 91-30-02507-9
- A Stretch of the Imagination (1972) ISBN 0-86937-019-7
- Captain Midnight VC (1973) - with music by Lorraine Milne ISBN 0-86805-020-2
- The Les Darcy Show (1974)
- A Toast to Melba (1976)
- One of Nature's Gentlemen (1976)
- Mothballs (1981)
- Lavender Bags (1981)
- Peggy Sue, Or, The Power of Romance (1982) ISBN 0-86805-001-6
- Liquid Amber (1982)
- Squibs , (1984) - a collection of short plays (see Brain Rot ) for schools ISBN 0-949780-05-7
- Duets (1989) - includes Glycerine Tears and The Old School Tie
- Slam Dunk (1996) ISBN 0-86819-483-2
Novels
- Memoirs of an Old Bastard (1989) ISBN 0-86914-231-3
- The Life of Riley (1990) ISBN 1-86330-087-2
- Perdita (1992) ISBN 0-86914-239-9
Poems
- Le vin des amants (1977) - after Charles Baudelaire ISBN 0-908131-02-X
- The Genius of Human Imperfection (1988) ISBN 1-876044-26-8
- Madrigals for a Misanthrope (2005) ISBN 1-876044-46-2
Musical theater
- The Overcoat (1976) - adaptation of Nikolai Gogol ’s novel of that name , music by Martin Friedel The Overcoat / Sin at the National Library of Australia
- Sin , opera in 7 deadly acts & entracts (1978) - commissioned by the Victoria State Opera , music by Martin Friedel
- Smash hit! or a goggle-moggle for Kugel (1980) - a play with music by George Dreyfus at the Australian Music Center
- Odyssey of a Prostitute (1984) - a singspiel adaptation of a Maupassant story, music by Martin Friedel.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hibberd, Jack |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hibberd, John Charles (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian playwright and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 12, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Warracknabeal , Victoria |