Barassi
by Tee O'neill

Barassi Book Cover
Barassi Cover

Synopsis

This is the story of a champion Australian Rules footballer and coach, Ron Barassi.

Barassis premiership footballer father wore number 31 in the 1940 VFL Grand Final and was later killed as a soldier in Tobruk.

He left a small boy who dreamed of one day being just like his father.

That same boy was developed into a champion by a loving, but no-nonsense mother and a formidable foster father, Norm Smith.

This is the story of the boy who becomes the legend, and who shapes the mighty game we know as Australian Rules Footballour indigenous game, the game that demands courage, skill, determination, innovation, selflessness, and the bit of 31 that is in us all.

Performance

Cast

A medium cast size of 9 total roles, 2 female and 7 male roles.

Publication

Year Published
2012
ISBN 10
0868199591
ISBN 13
9780868199597
Binding
Paperback
Print Length
96 pages
Place Published
Strawberry Hills, NSW, Australia
Language
English
LCCN
2013433597
LCC
GV947 .O64 2012
Print
Barassi is a Australian and New Zealand play written by and published by Currency Press in Strawberry Hills, NSW, Australia, 2012. The print edition has an ISBN-13 of 9780868199597 and an ISBN-10 of 0868199591.

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