Laurence Collinson

Laurence Collinson (1925-86) was an English and Australian poet, playwright, actor, journalist, and secondary school teacher.

Life
Born in Yorkshire, England, Collinson's family moved to Australia in 1930. While still at Brisbane State High School, Collinson and fellow students Barrie Reid and Cecel Knopke started the magazine Barjai: A Meeting Place for Youth, which from 1943-44 published the literary avant-garde in Adelaide and Melbourne. He received a secondary teaching diploma from Merrer House in Melbourne and from 1955 to 1961 taught mathematics and English in various Melbourne secondary schools. From 1961 to 1964, Collinson worked as the editor of The Educational Magazine. In 1964, Collinson returned to England. In the 1970s Laurence worked in his West Hampstead apartment as a Gestalt / Transactional Analysis group therapist. He died in London November 10, 1986

Poetry

 * Poet’s Dozen (1953)
 * ''The Moods of Love" (1957)
 * Who is Wheeling Grandma? (1967)
 * Hovering Narcissus (1977)

Plays

 * No Sugar for George (performed in Brisbane, 1949)
 * Friday Night at the Schrammers (1962)
 * The Zelda Trio (performed 1961 in Melbourne, and 1974 in London )
 * A Slice of Birthday Cake (1965)
 * Thinking Straight (1975)

Television Plays

 * Uneasy Paradise (Australia, 1963)
 * Nude with Violin (Noel Coward, television adaptation by Collinson, Australia, 1964)
 * The Audition (Australia, 1964)
 * The Moods of Love (Australia, 1964)
 * Number Thirty Approximately (England, 1968)
 * Loving Israel (England, 1968)
 * The Girl From Upstairs (England, 1971)

Radio Plays

 * A slice of birthday cake (Australia, 1963)
 * The slob on Friday (Canada, 1969)