A Hard God

A Hard God is a semi-autobiographical play by Peter Kenna.[1]

A Hard God
Written byPeter Kenna
CharactersDan
Aggie
Joe
Jack
Monica
Date premiered17 August 1973
Place premieredNimrod Theatre, Sydney
Original languageEnglish
SettingSydney 1946

The play was very popular and has come to be regarded as an Australian classic.[2]

1974 Film
A Hard God
Directed byCarl Schultz
John Bell
Written byPeter Kenna
Production
company
Nimrod Theatre
Distributed byABC
Release date
19 March 1974
Running time
120 mins
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

The Nimrod Theatre version of the play was directed by John Bell. This was filmed by the ABC in 1974.[3]

Cast

1981 Film
A Hard God
Directed byWilliam Fitzwater
Written byPeter Kenna
Produced byAlan Burke
Production
company
ABC
Distributed byABC
Release date
1981
Running time
80 mins
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

The play was adapted for TV again by the ABC in 1981 for the Australian Theatre Festival.[4][5]

Cast

References
  1. Leslie Rees, Australian Drama in the 1970s, Angus & Robertson, 1978 p 192-194
  2. Richard Waterhouse, 'Kenna, Peter Joseph (1930–1987)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University accessed 10 January 2013
  3. A Hard God 1974 production at National Film and Sound Archive
  4. Ed Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p78
  5. "PRODUCTION notes". The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. 6 August 1980. p. 146 Supplement: FREE Your TV Magazine. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
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