Eric Irvin
Eric Irvin was born on the 30 th November 1908; he died on the 1 st July 1993. He was an Australian writer and a historian of the theatr...
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Eric Irvin was born on the 30th November 1908; he died on the
1st July 1993. He was an Australian writer and a historian of the
theatre of the country. Hi dictionary of the theatre of the country 1788-1914
is an essential work of reference. Eric Irvin was also an anthologized poet of
the country and he published two books of poetry.
Publications
Ø A Soldier's Miscellany
(poems), Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1945
Ø Place of many crows : a brief history of the
foundation of Wagga Wagga, N.S.W., Wagga Wagga, The
Daily Advertiser, 1953
Ø The Murrumbidgee Turf Club: its early history,
Wagga Wagga, The Daily Advertiser, 1960
Ø Early inland agriculture : farming in the
southern districts of New South Wales, Wagga Wagga,
self-published, 1962
Ø A suit for everyman (poems), Brisbane,
Jacaranda, 1968
Ø Theatre comes to Australia,
St. Lucia, University of Queensland Press, 1971
Ø Sydney as it might have been : dreams that
died on the drawing-board, Sydney, Alpha Books, 1974
Ø Gentleman George, king of melodrama : the
theatrical life and times of George Darrell, 1841-1921,
St. Lucia, University of Queensland Press, 1980
Ø Australian melodrama : eighty years of popular
theatre,
Sydney, Hale and Iremonger, 1981
Ø Dictionary of the Australian Theatre 1788-1914,
Sydney, Hale and Iremonger, 1985
