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The Third Battalion Mississippi Infantry and the 45th Mississippi Regiment
David Williamson
McFarland Co Inc
2009
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This is an accounting of the experiences of the soldiers of Hardcastle's 3rd Battalion Mississippi Infantry from enlistment to the end of the war. It includes their mid-war incarnation as the 45th Mississippi Regiment and the role they played in Cleburne's fabled division during almost every major engagement of the Army of Tennessee. Told as much as possible from the point of view of the soldier, the book shows what motivated the original volunteers to join and continue fighting to the end.
Organized at Indianapolis in December 1861, the 47th Indiana Volunteer Infantry's Civil War service spanned the Mississippi Valley and the Gulf South. From Louisville to New Orleans and on to Mobile, General James R. Slack and the 47th Indiana took the war to the inland waterways and southern bayous, fighting in many of the Civil War's most famous campaigns, including Vicksburg, Red River and Mobile. This chronicle of the 47th Indiana follows the regiment's odyssey through the words of its officers and men. Sources include Chaplain Samuel Sawyer's account of their exploits in the Indianapolis Daily Journal, soldiers' accounts in Indiana newspapers, stories of war and intrigue from newspapermen of the "Bohemian Brigade," and General Slack's own story in letters to his wife, Ann, including his postwar command on the Rio Grande. Numerous photographs, previously unpublished battle and area maps, and a full regimental roster complete this detailed account.
Williamson's famous play about the uses and abuses of managerial power, which in 1976 foreshadowed the great changes that Australian football has since endured, proves even more prescient since the rise and fall of Super League. This is a play set behind the scenes, a head-on tackle of brawn versus bureaucracy.
A young policeman's first day on duty becomes a violent initiation into the nastier aspects of law enforcement (2 acts, 4 men, 2 women).
The story of a fighting newspaper editor who with three investigative journalists takes on the 'Mr Bigs' of the drug trade (2 acts, 6 men, 3 women).
A legal aid solicitor and a prominent barrister battle over their individual careers and the future of their teenage son (2 acts, 7 men, 3 women).
Postmodernism versus Liberal Humanism (2 acts, 4 men, 7 women).
Set during an election night party, Don's guests pursue the rituals of courtship and sexual competitiveness as a means of coping with the insecurities of their own empty lives. This satire examines a society emerging from a generation of comfortable, conservative political and social values.
Stephen and Judy's lives and outlooks could not be further apart, but they are brother and sister. When they are reunited at the bedside of their dying mother, family memories painfully and mercilessly return. This play is a critical look at Australian surburban life from the 1960s to the 1990s.
Art dealers: parasites or prophets? Simone Allen would prefer to see herself as the latter, but when she is given the opportunity of her career, a chance to sell one of the better Whiteleys, her behaviour becomes less than angelic as the pressure mounts. Driven sometimes by greed, sometimes by aesthetics, Williamson's characters discover how far they will go when more than just a beautiful work of art is 'Up for Grabs' in this sexy comedy of manners. (3 men, 4 women). Sam, the victim of 'Corporate Vibes', is a real estate developer, a self-made man who gets his way by shouting. When his staff mutiny, he finds himself confronted by a softly-spoken mediator and a demand for building which 'delight the eye' -- the stage is set for a vintage farce. (3 men, 4 women).
Explores community conferencing - a process bringing together the victims and perpetrators of a crime to attempt some kind of reconciliation. This title features: "Face to Face"; "A Conversation"; and, "Charitable Intent".
Birthrights is a bittersweet play about motherhood. At 29, Helen has a vital operation that stops her from having what she desperately wants: a child. Her younger sister Claudia gives her a wonderful gift when she bears a child for her sister as a surrogate. But what happens when, years later, Claudia discovers that she and her husband Martin cannot conceive and that Kelly, the child she gave to her sister, is the only baby she will ever bear? In Soulmates, Williamson applies his merciless humour to the literary world in a play about the slippery business of books, authors, and the readers who love them both. Commerce competes with art; serious writing with popular writing. Set in Melbourne and New York, this is a tale of revenge in which best-selling expatriate author Katie Best engineers a scheme to bring her most craven critic Danny O'Loughlin undone.
Of the four Amigos who won a rowing bronze at the Mexico Olympics, three are still alive. They and their wives come together for a two week holiday in paradise. This book also reveals the discord between them and the need to settle a few old scores, but amid all these differences, they manage to remain mates.
A young, charming, go-getter, Jake is the ideal candidate for an executive position with a thriving local company. Jake has a secret weapon: his skills at exploiting, manipulating and manoeuvring would put Machiavelli in the shade.
Scarlett O'Hara at the Crimson Parrot and Let The Sunshine: Two plays
David Williamson
Currency Press Pty Ltd
2009
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Scarlett is a 36-year-old waitress who lives with her mother, has no boyfriend, and spends too much time watching old romantic movies. As Scarlett drifts deeper into her reveries of Clark Gable, Cary Grant, Errol Flynn and Humphrey Bogart, she takes her place as the heroine in each of their movies.
Forty years ago, a young playwright muscled his way onto the scene with a clutch of time-defining plays, including Don's Party. With this sequel, David Williamson celebrates four decades of telling the tribe their story. It's 21 August 2010, the night of yet another Federal election and, of course, yet another election night party at Don's place. Over the decades, as he and his friends watched governments come and go, they have also closely followed the incoming results from each other's lives: the tallies of luck and misfortune, the unexpected swings for and against. And through it all, the lesson that this crowd of superannuated baby boomers never seemed to learn is that politics and strong personalities should never be mixed with alcohol.
David Williamson has been writing horror stories for many years, and was first published in the prestigious Pan Book of Horror series, where he had a tale in number 28. This was followed by a further three stories in Pan number 30 which, sadly, turned out to be the last of that great series. It was not until he was contacted by Johnny Mains, a walking encyclopaedia in the field of Pan Horror and its authors, that his passion for writing horror was once more re-kindled, and Johnny introduced him to Charles Black, the editor of The Black Book of Horror. Since then, David has been a regular contributor to the wonderful Black Books series, alongside many other well known authors both from the Pan era and more recent times. He has also appeared in several other anthologies from publishers such as Hersham Horror, Gray Friar Press and Hazardous Press.He lives in West Sussex near the sea.Stories include: The Procedure The ScryerNo Room at the FlatThe SandmanThe Too Good SamaritanThe Not So Good SamaritanThe Chameleon ManThe SwitchRest in PiecesAshes to AshesBlind DateHerbert Manning's Psychic CircusThe BoyTen WeeksDin-Dins for BinkyA Reflection of the TimesAnd the Dead Shall SpeakBoys Will Be BoysA Night to RememberA Problem Shared