Richard Frank Diamond (27 July 1906 – 9 February 1989), better known as Dick Diamond, was an Australian writer best known for Reedy River.[1][2]

Diamond was born in England and migrated to Australia in 1914. He wote plays, scripts and revues and worked as a journalist. He worked in Vietnam and China and was a member of the Communist Party.[3][4]

Select Works

  • Soak the Rich (1941) - play
  • Jack the Giant Killer (1947) - pantomime
  • Reedy River (1953) - musical[5]
  • Under the Coolibah Tree (1955) - musical
  • The Walls are Down (1958) - book

References

  1. ↑ Angela O'Brien, 'Diamond, Richard Frank (Dick) (1906–1989)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/diamond-richard-frank-dick-12417/text22323, published first in hardcopy 2007, accessed online 22 November 2023.
  2. ↑ "As warm as a handshake". Tribune. No. 2078. New South Wales, Australia. 24 January 1979. p. 8. Retrieved 22 November 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ Mr Justice Lowe’s Findings on Royal Commission into the Communist Party in Victoria, 1949’, Actors’ Equity of Australia (Victoria), Acc 84/44, box 30, folder 52/2 (University of Melbourne Archives)
  4. ↑ G. Lobl, taped interview with R. Diamond (1989, National Library of Australia)
  5. ↑ Australian Broadcasting Commission. (1939), "THEATRE SOMETHING AUSTRALIAN", ABC weekly, Sydney: ABC (Vol. 16 No. 11 (13 March 1954)), nla.obj-1669422305, retrieved 22 November 2023 – via Trove
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