And The Big Men Fly
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Alan Hopgood
Alan Hopgood AM (born 29 September 1934) is an Australian actor and writer. He is a graduate of the University of Melbourne. Hopgood's first very successful play was And the Big Men Fly in 1963. It was adapted for TV by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1973. In 1966 he produced Private...
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