David Williamson

David Williamson was born in 1942 in Melbourne and grew up in Bairnsdale. An engineer trained at Monash University, he worked briefly at General Motors Holden, then taught thermodynamics and social psychology at Swinburne from 1966. He first wrote and acted for the La Mama company, in Carlton. Author of thirty-five plays according to the University of Queensland, he also writes screenplays, which won him four AFI awards, and he became an Officer of the Order of Australia in 1983. He lives in Noosa.

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• TheatreDon's PartyDavid Williamson · 1971Literature