The Golden Age
Chapters (10)
Title Page
Copyright Page
CURRENCY PLAYS
Reprinted 1988, 1992, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2006
Revised edition published 1989
Copyright © Louis Nowra, 1985.
First electronic edition published in 2012 by Currency Press Pty Ltd.
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Printed book ISBN: 9780868192345
ePub ISBN: 9781921429590
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Playwright’s Biography
LOUIS NOWRA was born in Melbourne. His plays include Page 8 (with David Page), The Woman With Dog’s Eyes, The Marvellous Boy, The Emperor of Sydney, Inner Voices, Visions, Inside the Island, The Precious Woman, Sunrise, The Golden Age, Capricornia, Byzantine Flowers, The Watchtower, Summer of the Aliens, Così, Radiance, The Temple, Crow, Miss Bosnia, The Incorruptible, The Jungle and The Language of the Gods. He has translated The Prince of Homburg, Cyrano de Bergerac and Lulu for the stage. He has also written the libretti for Whitsunday and Love Burns. For television he has written Displaced Persons, Hunger and The Lizard King and for film Map of the Human Heart, Così, Heaven’s Burning, Radiance, K-19: The Widowmaker and Black and White. His radio plays include Albert Names Edward, The Song Room, The Widows, Sydney and The Divine Hammer. Other writings include nonfiction works: The Cheated, Warne’s World and Walkabout (in Currency’s Australian Screen Classics series); five novels: The Misery of Beauty, Palu, Red Nights, Abaza and Ice, which was shortlisted for the 2009 Miles Franklin Award; and two memoirs: The Twelfth of Never and Shooting the Moon. Nowra has won multiple awards and prizes. He lives in Sydney.