The Coming of Stork was the first play written by David Williamson. The cast for the original production included Martin Phelan, Dennis Wilson, Alan Finney, Bruce Spence and Peter Cummins. It was directed by Finney and Phelan. A revised version premiered on 3 January 1973 at the Australian Theatre, Sydney, designed by Lee Whitmore and directed by Aarne Neeme. It was adapted into the feature film Stork in 1971, starring Bruce Spence.
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The Coming of Stork was adapted into a 1971 film.
Stork1971 · film · 85 min · dir. Tim Burstall · IMDb ↗IMDb5.7Stork is a gangly young man, a virgin with an overactive imagination who thinks he’s a revolutionary. Bored with a design job at General Motors Holden in Melbourne, he drops out and moves into a share house with his mate Westy. He daydreams his way through life, bungling job interviews, upsetting ‘respectable’ people, and getting drunk. The only girl in the house, Anna resists Stork’s advances, because she’s already involved with the other two resident males, Tony and Clyde. But when she becomes pregnant and Clyde and Anna decide to marry, Stork, Tony, Clyde and Westy are shocked when they realize that either one of the foursome could be the father. Then the fun begins....
