Patricia Hooker

Patricia Hooker (17 February 1933 – 2001) was an Australian writer who worked extensively in England. She wrote for TV, radio and the stage.[1]

She wrote The Golden Road, the first play on British television that was both written by a woman and about a lesbian relationship.[2][3] Hooker also wrote A Season in Hell the first Australian television drama to focus on a queer relationship.[4]

  1. ^ "Worth Reporting". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 28, no. 20. Australia. 19 October 1960. p. 22. Retrieved 18 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Edinburgh orders an Australian play". Sydney Morning Herald. 3 December 1967. p. 55.
  3. ^ billysmart (26 September 2013). "'Armchair Theatre: The Golden Road' (1973): Representing lesbianism in the 1970s". Spaces of Television.
  4. ^ Vagg, Stephen (14 June 2021). "Forgotten Australian TV Plays: A Season in Hell". Filmink.