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Bastard Boys
Sue Smith
Barassi
by Tee O'neill
What readers are saying
Readers appreciate the engaging script and performance of the show. However, one reviewer pointed out a factual inaccuracy related to football history that detracted slightly from their overall enjoyment.
Great scriptEngaging performanceMinor factual inaccuracy
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.
Publication
PublisherCurrency Press
Year2012
BindingPaperback
Pages96
PlaceStrawberry Hills, NSW, Australia
LanguageEnglish
ISBN-139780868199597
ISBN-100868199591
LCCN2013433597
LCCGV947 .O64 2012
Barassi is a Australian & New Zealand play written by Tee O'neill and published by Currency Press in Strawberry Hills, NSW, Australia (2012).
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Currency Press · 2012 · 96 pp
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