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Richard Innes Davey (1938 -) is an actor, director and writer. He is the founder of the Round Earth Company and advocate for the understanding of the Macquarie Harbour Penal Station on Sarah Island on the West Coast of Tasmania.

Over ten years of the Round Earth Theatre Company at Strahan, and work on Sarah Island as a guide, Davey's work has had significance in helping tourists understand the penal station and its context, where previously there had been scattered and not very accessible research. The Ship that Never Was, written by Davey, is Australia's longest running play, with over 5,000 performances and continuing to be performed nightly at Strahan; it is about the successful escape of 10 convicts from Sarah Island.

His book The Sarah Island Conspiracies: Being an account of twelve voyages to Macquarie Harbour and Sarah Island, which was short listed for a major prize in Hobart in 2005, complements the work of Richard Flanagan's Gould's Book of Fish. They both use the painting by William Buelow Gould of the Weedy sea dragon on the covers of their books.

A good explanation about Davey and his presence on the West Coast of Tasmania is found in Nicholas Shakespeare's In Tasmania, which also provides a connection of Davey's with a much earlier stage of Tasmanian history.

Davey's long lasting interest in Shakespeare's King Lear saw production in November 2007 of an adpatation The Madness of King Lear Australian Stage Online - The Madness of King Lear in Hobart, Tasmania.

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Total Books: 44
Anselm Kiefer
Anselm Kiefer (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781907533792
ISBN-10: 1907533796
Genre: Arts & Photography
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The Awakening of the East Siberia  Japan  China
The Awakening of the East Siberia Japan China (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781143002731
ISBN-10: 1143002733
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Cuba Past and Present
Cuba Past and Present (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780217197458
ISBN-10: 0217197450
Genre: Travel
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Furs and Fur Garments
Furs and Fur Garments (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781152254053
ISBN-10: 1152254057
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In the country of Jesus translated from the Italian of Matilde Serao
My Dad's an Engineer
My Dad's an Engineer (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780955449208
ISBN-10: 0955449200
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My life on the footplate
My Life on the Footplate [A Peco publication] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780900586439
ISBN-10: 0900586435
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The Nine Days' Queen Lady Jane Gray and Her Times
The Nine Days' Queen Lady Jane Gray and Her Times (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781142357405
ISBN-10: 1142357406
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The Nine Days' Queen Lady Jane Grey and Her Times  Primary Source Edition
The pageant of London
The Pageant of London [v. 2] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780217395359
ISBN-10: 021739535X
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A Royal Amour
A Royal Amour (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780217342216
ISBN-10: 0217342213
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The Sisters Of Lady Jane Grey And Their Wicked Grandfather
The Sisters of Lady Jane Grey and Their Wicked Grandfather [1911] (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780548788561
ISBN-10: 0548788561
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The sultan and his subjects
The Sultan and His Subjects (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780217135207
ISBN-10: 021713520X
Genre: History
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Sultan and His Subjects
Sultan and His Subjects (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780971598607
ISBN-10: 0971598606
Genre: History
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The Sultan And His Subjects V1
The Sultan and His Subjects V1 (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780548225288
ISBN-10: 0548225281
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The Sultan and His Subjects Volume 1
The Sultan and His Subjects Volume 1 (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781141973408
ISBN-10: 1141973405
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The Sultan and His Subjects Volume II
The Sultan and His Subjects Volume II (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781103480470
ISBN-10: 1103480472
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The work of Botticelli
The Work of Botticelli (Hardcover)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781115152716
ISBN-10: 1115152718
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Writing Process
Writing Process (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780139720017
ISBN-10: 0139720014
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