The Coming of Stork

The Coming of Stork
Written by	David Williamson
Characters	2W 5M
Date premiered	25 September 1970
Place premiered	La Mama, Melbourne
Original language	English
Genre	comedy
Setting	Melbourne, Australia

The Coming of Stork was the first play written by David Williamson. ^[1]

The cast for the original production included Alan Finney, Bruce Spence and Peter Cummins.

It was adapted into a feature film in 1971 starring Bruce Spence. ^{[2] [3]}

Plot

A socially awkward and loudly left wing student comes to share a flat with three of his University friends with disastrous results.

Background

Williamson was asked to write a ten minute script for a Carlton theatre and ended up writing a full length play. ^[4]

The play was autobiographical. ^[5]

References

1. Brian Kiernan, David Williamson: A Writer's Career, Currency Press, 1996 p 55-57
2. "Review: Stork (1971) - In Film Australia - Australia". www.infilm.com.au.
3. David Stratton, The Last New Wave: The Australian Film Revival, Angus & Robertson, 1980 p25
4. Cochrane, Peter (14 March 1997). "Williamson's World". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 15.
5. "New writer on the scene". Papua New Guinea Post-courier . International, Australia. 24 November 1972. p. 20. Retrieved 17 October 2019– via National Library of Australia.

External links

• The Coming of Stork at AusStage
• Review of 1973 Sydney production at The Bulletin