Barry Dickins

Barry Dickins (born 6 November 1949) is a prolific Australian playwright, author, artist, actor, educator and journalist, probably best known for his historical dramas and his reminiscences about growing up and living in working class Melbourne.

He has also written dramas and comedies about other controversial figures such as poet Sylvia Plath,[4] opera singer Joan Sutherland,[5] criminal Squizzy Taylor,[6] actor Frank Thring,[7] playwright Oscar Wilde[8] and artist Brett Whiteley.

His first acting role was in Barry Oakley's The Ship's Whistles, which was staged in 1978 at the Pram Factory Front Theatre, under the direction of Paul Hampton.

[15] In June 2017 Dickins was found guilty of making a false police report after claiming officers had conducted an improper strip search upon him.

[24] His then employer, The Sunday Age, was later found to have breached Australian Press Council principles in light of their publication of Dickins' account of the alleged police misconduct.