Remember Ronald Ryan and Ryan: Two plays (Paperback)

Barry Dickins

ISBN 10: 1925005291 / ISBN 13: 9781925005295

Published by Currency Press Pty Ltd, Paddington, 2014

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Paperback. Remember Ronald Ryan introduces us to the last felon to be executed on Australian soil. Dickins portrays the man behind the legend as lovable, cheeky, wretched, despicable and, above all, courageous. After fourty years, his guilt in the shooting of a prison warder remains in doubt. A victim of his times, himself and political pressure, Ryan never stood a chance. Long freed by the hangman's noose, he lives again thanks to the spirit, vitality and tenderness of Barry Dickins' pen.The human and political story of the last man to be executed in Australia, Remember Ronald Ryan won the 1995 Victorian Premiers Literary Award. This edition includes a new monologue spoken from Ryans perspective that speaks to a new audience from his poor and unmarked grave. The human and political story of the last man to be executed in Australia, the play portrays the legendary man as loveable, cheeky, courageous, and wretched. This edition includes a new monologue spoken from Ryan's perspective. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Remember Ronald Ryan and Ryan: Two plays (Paperback)
• Publisher: Currency Press Pty Ltd, Paddington
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1925005291
• ISBN 13: 9781925005295
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

The human and political story of the last man to be executed in Australia, Remember Ronald Ryan won the 1995 Victorian Premier's Literary Award. Dickins portrays the man behind the legend as loveable, cheeky, courageous, and wretched.

This edition includes a new monologue spoken from Ryan's perspective that 'speaks to a new audience from his poor and unmarked grave'.

About the Author

BARRY DICKINS is a Melbourne writer and visual artist who is well-known as a newspaper columnist. His stage writing career spans more than two decades and includes the plays Graeme King Lear, A Dickins Christmas, Royboys, The Death of Minnie, Reservoir by Night, The Fool's Shoe Hotel, Remember Ronald Ryan and Insouciance.