External links
- Going Home at Screen Australia
- Original play at Austlit
- Going Home at IMDb
- Theatre productions of Going Home at Ausstage
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Going Home is a play by Australian author Alma De Groen. It premiered in 1976 by the Melbourne Theatre Company.
| Going Home | |
|---|---|
| Based on | play by Alma De Groen |
| Written by | Alma De Groen |
| Starring | Richard Meikle |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producer | Alan Burke |
| Original release | |
| Release | 1980 |
It was filmed by the ABC in a production by Alan Burke and directed by Michael Carson as part of the Australian Theatre Festival. Graeme Blundell and Gary Day starred.
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