John Rickard

John Rickard is the author of Australia: A Cultural History (2017). In his youth he worked as an actor and singer.

The Dressmaker: A Musical Adaptation (Monash University)

Published in ABR Arts

John Rickard reviews 'Collecting for the Nation: The Australiana Fund' edited by Jennifer Sanders

Published in December 2017, no. 397

John Rickard reviews 'The Enigmatic Mr Deakin' by Judith Brett

Published in September 2017, no. 394

John Rickard reviews 'Of Labour and Liberty: Distributism in Victoria 1891–1966' by Race Mathews

Published in June-July 2017, no. 392

John Rickard reviews 'Divas: Mathilde Marchesi and her pupils' by Roger Neill

Published in January–February 2017, no. 388

'On John Foster' by John Rickard

Published in May 2016, no. 381

John Rickard reviews 'Hector' by Rozzi Bazzani

Published in January-February 2016, no. 378

John Rickard reviews 'Why Acting Matters' by David Thomson and 'Great Shakespeare Actors' by Stanley Wells

Published in August 2015, no. 373

Cabbages and peas

Published in November 2013 no. 356

John Rickard reviews 'Norman Haire and the Study of Sex' by Diana Wyndham

Published in February 2013 no. 348

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