The Bunyip and the Satellite explained

The Bunyip and the Satellite
Music:Val Fawcett
Lyrics:Barry Humphries
Jeff Underhill
Basis:novel Children of the Dark People by Frank Dalby Davison
Premiere Date:27 December 1957
Premiere Location:National Theatre, East Melbourne, VIC

The Bunyip and the Satellite is a 1957 Australian stage musical written by Barry Humphries and Peter O'Shaughnessy. It was based on Frank Dalby Davison's children's novel Children of the Dark People.[1]

The Bulletin called it "well formed, well and sometimes wittily written."

There was a sequel Mumba Jumba and the Bunyip.

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Notes and References

  1. Stone, R. (2003). Bunyippy traits: Peter O’Shaughnessy, Barry Humphries and bunyips on stage. National Library of Australia News, 13(4), 11–13. https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/ielapa.200303737