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Careful, He Might Hear You is based on the childhood of Sumner Locke Elliott. The setting is the great depression and times are tough. In the midst of this setting PB, an orphan, lives a secure working-class life in Sydney. That?s all about to change, however, when his Aunt Vanessa arrives from London and scoops him up to raise him as her own child. The winner of the prestigious 1963 Mile Franklin award in 1963, this has been hailed as one of the greatest accounts of childhood by an Australian writer.
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Sumner Locke Elliott was born in Sydney on 17 October 1917. His mother was the writer Helena Sumner Locke. She died of eclampsia the day after his birth, and the boy was raised by his aunts.
Elliott wrote his first play when he was twelve, and while he was still at school joined Sydney's Independent Theatre. In 1942 he was drafted and served out much of the war as a typist in remote parts of Australia. But he was besotted with the theatre and with play writing.
Elliott went to the United States in 1948. Three years later his play "Buy Me Blue Ribbons" premiered on Broadway. He launched a prominent career writing plays for the television networks, and based himself in New York. He became an American citizen in 1955 and did not visit Australia again until 1974.
Elliott wrote ten novels in all. He won the Patrick White Literary Award in 1977. After a lifetime of concealing his homosexuality, he spent his final years living with his partner Whitfield Cook. Sumner Locke Elliott died in New York City in 1991.
Robyn Nevin AM has been a leading Australian actress for over fifty years and has directed for more than twenty-five years, directing for all state theatre companies. Robyn held the position of Associate Director with the Sydney and Melbourne theatre companies before being appointed Artistic Director of Queensland Theatre Company. Robyn was Artistic Director and CEO of Sydney Theatre Company from 1999 to 2007.
Elliott wrote his first play when he was twelve, and while he was still at school joined Sydney's Independent Theatre. In 1942 he was drafted and served out much of the war as a typist in remote parts of Australia. But he was besotted with the theatre and with play writing.
Elliott went to the United States in 1948. Three years later his play "Buy Me Blue Ribbons" premiered on Broadway. He launched a prominent career writing plays for the television networks, and based himself in New York. He became an American citizen in 1955 and did not visit Australia again until 1974.
Elliott wrote ten novels in all. He won the Patrick White Literary Award in 1977. After a lifetime of concealing his homosexuality, he spent his final years living with his partner Whitfield Cook. Sumner Locke Elliott died in New York City in 1991.
Robyn Nevin AM has been a leading Australian actress for over fifty years and has directed for more than twenty-five years, directing for all state theatre companies. Robyn held the position of Associate Director with the Sydney and Melbourne theatre companies before being appointed Artistic Director of Queensland Theatre Company. Robyn was Artistic Director and CEO of Sydney Theatre Company from 1999 to 2007.
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- PublisherPan Books
- Publication date1991
- ISBN 10 1863401423
- ISBN 13 9781863401425
- BindingPaperback
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