Ned Manning
Ned Manning | |
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Born | 1950 (age 73–74) |
Occupation | Playwright, actor, teacher |
Nationality | Australian |
Spouse | Bronwyn Bancroft (1) Marion Potts (2) |
Children | Jack Manning Bancroft, 3 others |
Ned Manning is an Australian playwright, actor and teacher. His film credits include the lead role in Dead End Drive-In (1986), and television credits include The Shiralee and Prisoner, and Brides of Christ. His plays include Us or Them, Milo, Kenny's Coming Home and Close to the Bone. In 2007 Manning played the lead in his own play, Last One Standing, at the Old Fitzroy theatre in Sydney.
At one time the husband of Indigenous Australian artist
Early life
Ned Manning was born in 1950[1] and grew up on a property in Coonabarabran, New South Wales.[2]
Playwright and author
Manning's first play, Us or Them, was initially produced at the Childers Street Hall in Canberra on 1 November 1977. It was then re-written and performed in 1984 at the Stables Theatre for the Griffin Theatre Company,[3] where it marked a turning point in Griffin's history as the play's success led to the cast and creatives being paid full professional rates. The play then transferred to the Philip St Theatre and on to the Q Theatre in Penrith.[4]
Milo premiered at the
Manning's next play, Kenny's Coming Home (1991), was performed at the
Close to the Bone was written in collaboration with the Indigenous students at the
Manning has created many works for young audiences. He has prepared scripts for ten works for The
In 2012, NewSouth Books published Manning's memoir of a life of school teaching, Playground Duty. Reviewed by the New South Wales Writers' Centre's Amanda Calwell, it was described as showing "the value that one person with drive, ambition and compassion can offer by applying themselves to teaching".[18]
Television, film and directing
Manning's film credits include the lead role in the 1986
In 1989 Manning directed the
Personal life and family
Manning married Bronwyn Bancroft, an Indigenous Australian artist, with whom he had two children, including New South Wales Young Australian of the Year for 2010, Jack Manning Bancroft.[25][26][27]
Manning remarried to theatre director Marion Potts, with whom he had two children. In 2010, they relocated from Sydney to Melbourne when she was appointed director of the
References
- ^ "Catalogue record: Kingaroy / Martin Buzacott. Milo / Ned Manning". National Library of Australia. 1996. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
- ^ Humphries, Glen (25 May 2001). "Rice milks Milo role". Illawarra Mercury. pp. Applause, 39.
- ^ "Catalogue entry: Us or Them". AustLit. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
- ^ a b c d "Ned Manning". Playwrights. RGM Artist Group. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
- ^ "Catalogue entry: Milo". AustLit. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
- ^ Manning, Ned (8 May 2001). "'Milo' coming our way". Braidwood Times. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Ned Manning". AustralianPlays.org. Australian Script Centre, PlayWriting Australia, Currency Press and Playlab Press. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
- ^ Dunne, Stephen (15 June 2001). "Farming's doped-up morality tale best put out to pasture (review)". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 18.
- ^ McCallum, John (8 June 2001). "Wild night a regional gem (review)". The Australian. p. 10.
- ^ Lewis, Daniel (5 August 2006). "A new ball game". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
- ^ "Catalogue entry: Close to the Bone". AustLit. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
- ^ "Catalogue entry: Luck of the Draw". AustLit. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
- ^ Hallett, Bryce (12 April 2007). "Last One Standing (review)". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
- ^ Blake, Jason (15 April 2007). "Memory lost on this crop (review)". The Sun-Herald.
- ^ "Actors at Work 2010". Bell Shakespeare Company. 2009. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
- ^ Abela, Donna; Bates, Vanessa; Bell, Hilary; Janaczewska, Noëlle; Laughton, Verity; Manning, Ned; Zimdahl, Catherine (2012). "No Nudity, Weapons or Naked Flames". Federation Press. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
- ^ "2011 AWGIE Award Nominations". Australian Writers Guild. 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
- ^ Calwell, Amanda. "Playground Duty by Ned Manning: 366 Days of Writing". New South Wales Writers' Centre. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
- ^ Kroenert, Tim (23 December 2008). "Crabs, cars and Peter Carey (DVD review)". Eureka Street. 18 (25): 35–36.
- ^ Hawker, Philippa (15 January 2009). "DVDs (review)". The Age. pp. Green Guide, 18.
- ^ Maddox, Garry (22 October 2003). "The master's schlock therapy can revive forgotten classics". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
- ^ Hawker, Philippa, 'Dead-End Drive-In', in Murray p. 189.
- ^ "Author Profile: Ned Manning". Currency Press. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
- ^ Bennie, Angela (9 August 1989). "Cockatoos a little bushed". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 16.
- ^ Bruce-Lockhart, Anna (7 March 2008). "Spotlight on Australia's past". The Guardian Weekly.
- ^ "Award recipients: Jack Manning Bancroft". NSW Young Australian of the Year 2010. National Australia Day Council. 18 November 2009. Archived from the original on 20 September 2010. Retrieved 30 May 2010.
- ^ Galvin, Nick (3 August 2009). "A persuasive push all the way to university". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 18 June 2010.
- ^ Usher, Robin (6 February 2010). "Potts wins Malthouse post". The Age. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
Further reading
- Scott Murray (ed.) Australian Film 1978–1994: A Survey of Theatrical Features (2nd ed.). Melbourne: Oxford University Press, Australian Film Commission and Cinema Papers. ISBN 0-19-553777-7.
External links
- "Ned Manning". Austlit.
- Ned Manning at IMDb