Laurence Collinson

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Laurence Collinson (7 September 1925 – 10 November 1986) was a British and Australian playwright, actor, poet, journalist, and secondary school teacher.

Biography[]

Born in Leeds, England,[1] Collinson's family moved to Australia in 1930. While still at Brisbane State High School, Collinson and fellow students and started the magazine Barjai: A Meeting Place for Youth, which from 1943 ti 1944 published the literary avant-garde in Adelaide and Melbourne.[2] He received a secondary teaching diploma from in Melbourne and from 1955 to 1961 taught mathematics and English in various Melbourne secondary schools. From 1961 to 1964, Collinson worked as the editor of .[3] In 1964, he returned to England. His play Thinking Straight was produced by Inter-Action as part of their Homosexual Acts season, opening 10 March 1975 at the Almost Free Theatre.[4] In the 1970s he worked in his West Hampstead apartment as a Gestalt / Transactional Analysis group therapist. Collinson died in London 10 November 1986 [3]

Select Credits[]

Bibliography[]

  • Cupid's Crescent, Grandma Press, 1973 (self-published)

References[]

  1. ^ William Wilde, Australian Poets and Their Works, Oxford University Press, 1996.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 30 July 2008. Retrieved 23 August 2008.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) "From Barjai to Overland A Note on Barrie Reid", La Trobe Journal, No. 64, Spring 1999.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ https://www.unfinishedhistories.com/history/companies/gay-sweatshop/homosexual-acts/


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