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Record Nr.

UNINA9910794556303321

Autore

James Andrea

Titolo

Sunshine super girl : the Evonne Goolagong story / / Andrea James

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sydney : , : Currency Press, , 2021

©2021

ISBN

1-76062-708-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (70 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

BurneyLinda

Soggetti

Aboriginal Australians

Australian drama

Biographical drama

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Introduction -- Linda Burney -- Author's Note -- First Production -- Characters and Setting -- Sunshine Super Girl -- Act One -- Prologue-Centre Court Fishing -- Scene 1: Mangy Ball -- Scene 2: Ball On Tin -- Scene 3: Barellan -- Scene 4: Evonne's Wall -- Scene 5: Princess -- Scene 6: My Own Little Tournament -- Scene 7: Mr Kurtzman and Meeting Margaret -- Scene 8: That's My Girl -- Scene 9: Barellan Suitcase -- Scene 10: Head In the Clouds -- Act Two -- Scene 11: Living White -- Scene 12: In Training -- Scene 13: White City -- Scene 14: 'The Foundy' -- Act Three -- Scene 15: The Inner Game of Tennis -- Scene 16: The Holy Court -- Scene 17: Not Such a Little Girl Now -- Scene 18: 'Chocolato' -- Scene 19: Vic Edwards' Wrath -- Scene 20: The French Open and the Billabong Dress -- Scene 21: Winning Wimbledon -- Scene 22: Honorary White -- Scene 23: Walkabout With String -- Scene 24: Losing Kenny and Winning Virginia Slims -- Act Four -- Scene 25: Hell Schedule -- Scene 26: Mr Edwards Insults Evonne At the Bar -- Scene 27: Marriage and Divorce -- Scene 28: Roger and Me and Baby Makes Three -- Scene 29: Wimbledon Comeback -- Copyright Details.

Sommario/riassunto

A grimy old ball, a racquet made from a wooden fruit box, a pair of borrowed shoes ... then the world at her feet. This is the heart-warming story of how Evonne Goolagong Cawley, our Evonne, rose



from humble beginnings in an outback farming town to become a world-champion tennis player by the age of just 19..