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Dan Eady is an Australian actor, writer and
critic.
Work
As a writer his first play, The Boy and the Goat, was
semi-autobiographical and investigated the heightened suicide rates
amongst children of Vietnam Veterans. Heavily influenced by the
death of his brother, it was also based on research published in
the 1997 Australian Vietnam
Veteran Cohort Study. Internationally recognised photographer
of the Vietnam War Tim
Page provided images supporting issues raised in the script. It
was nominated for a Matilda Award in 2005.
From 2005 until 2008 he contributed as a literary critic to The Courier Mail, Queensland's largest
newspaper and the third largest circulating daily in Australia (as at 2007).
Eady has worked extensively as an actor for the Queensland Arts
Council, an organisation providing Australians access to arts
regardless of their geographical location.
In 2009 he appeared in the World Première stage adaptation of Andrew McGahan's
Miles
Franklin Award winning novel,The White Earth. He played the role of
Dudley at La Boite Theatre, Brisbane.
Education
Eady completed an acting degree at the University of Southern
Queensland (USQ).
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