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Production still for "The Oath of Bad Brown Bill". Linton Roe. Photographer: Jeff Busby

The Oath of Bad Brown Bill

By Murray Copland

06 January 1986 – 01 February 1986 Studio Theatre

Adapted from the novel by Stephen Axelsen

Playbox Theatre Company, Victorian Arts Centre,

Adaptation Theatre Musical Children's Theatre

Adaptation of an award-winning children's book by Stephen Axelson about a bushranger called Bad Brown Bill.

"Gruff and tough, rude and shrewd, Bad Brown Bill was a bushranger of the worst kind!" Mounted on his mare Mudpie he bailed up every bank and pub from Broome to Cooper's Creek, and bundled up the Mudgee Mail "not once but every week". Bad Brown Bill was sure he was the Bravest of the Brave - that is, until he swore..."the Awful Oath to Rob the Ghostly Dead!"

Production still for "The Oath of Bad Brown Bill". James Harkness. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "The Oath of Bad Brown Bill". Cast pictured includes Peter Cox, Simon O'Laughlin, James Harkness, David O'Keeffe, Jan Friedl. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "The Oath of Bad Brown Bill". The Pale Jackaroo. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "The Oath of Bad Brown Bill". James Harkness. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "The Oath of Bad Brown Bill". Cast pictured includes Peter Cox, Simon O'Laughlin, James Harkness, David O'Keeffe, Jan Friedl. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "The Oath of Bad Brown Bill". The Pale Jackaroo. Photographer: Jeff Busby