Johnno by David Malouf

As mentioned here about a month ago, David Malouf's coming-of-age novel Johnno has been adapted for the stage and received its world premiere at the Brisbane Festival on Friday. Andrew Fraser, in "The Australian", interviews the key players: Malouf, playwright Stephen Edwards and director Sean Mee. The play runs at the Playhouse Theatre as part of the Brisbane Festival. There is no indication, at this stage, of plans to mount the production elsewhere in Australia.