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One-man play to honour life of Tasmanian war correspondent
Thirty-five years after renowned war correspondent Neil Davis filmed his own death, his life story has been adapted for the stage.
Key points:
- Neil Davis filmed on the front line for more than 20 years
- The Tasmanian left school at 14 and eventually became an ABC cameraman
- He died while filming a coup in Vietnam
The Tasmanian Theatre Company’s production “One Crowded Hour” is inspired by the book of the same title written by Tim Bowden.
Director and writer Terence O’Connell said he was captured by Davis’s life story.
“It’s not specifically a show about the Vietnam War, it’s really a story about a farm boy from Tasmania who ended up becoming this celebrated combat cameraman in South-East Asia,” he said.
For over 20 years, Neil Davis filmed from…
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