Jim McNeil
Playwright, Author
1935 – 1982
Who was Jim McNeil?
James Thomas "Jim" McNeil was an Australian award-winning playwright. While serving a 17 year sentence in Parramatta Correctional Centre for armed robbery and shooting a police officer, McNeill began writing plays. Within a few years he was being hailed as one of Australia's three most significant playwrights of the 20th century. He was released on parole 10 years early, won an Australian Writers' Guild Award and married actress and director Robyn Nevin. At the time of his release, McNeil's plays were being produced simultaneously in every state and territory in Australia.
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- Born
- Jan 23, 1935
St Kilda - Also known as
- James Thomas McNeil
- James McNeill
- Jim
- James Thomas "Jim" McNeil
- Spouses
- Robyn Nevin
- Valerie McNeil
(1957 - )
- Nationality
- Australia
- Profession
- Died
- May 16, 1982
St Kilda
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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