Ned Kelly is a 1960 British play by Irish-Australian journalist James Clancy about bushranger Ned Kelly.
Ned Kelly | |
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Written by | James Clancy |
Directed by | Joan Littlewood |
Date premiered | 23 May 1960 |
Place premiered | Theatre Royal, Stratford East |
Original language | English |
Subject | Ned Kelly |
It was produced in Britain by Joan Littlewood.[1] They had been sent the play by Clancy who was in New Zealand.[2]
Reviews were poor. This was reported in Australia by local media.[3] The Observer said "the concept is Brechtian; the dialogue, unfortuantely, it not."[4] The Guardian called it "extremely repetitious."[5]