Beyond the Pale
By (Author) Farrell Cleary
Steele Roberts Aotearoa Ltd
Steele Roberts Aotearoa Ltd
5th January 2024
New Zealand
Paperback
242
He was on Aotea, Great Barrier Island, the night the Tiri sank; performed guerilla theatre on the steps of Parliament; got arrested in Auckland for throwing a flower at a policeman; was a fruit-picker and railway worker in Australia; acted with Rough Theatre in London, was arrested yet again at a demo in London while working as a solicitor's clerk, taught English at the Dublin School in Barcelona; was Equity Union rep in Auckland; acted in Noh drama in Japan, went to Northern ireland in the wake of the Troubles; fought for employment righta and against nuclear warships in Japan; has been a kaitautoko at Ihumtao and it's all true!
Farrell Cleary was born in Kaikura in 1948 to James and Hilary Cleary (ne Lovett); his siblings are Brigid, Joanna, mark and Gabrielle. Farrell has lived in Hmua, Fairlie, amaru, Auckland, Melbourne, Paris, London, Barcelona, Turin, Kumamoto, Aix-en-Provence and Tsu. He met Yuko Takahashi in 1982; they married in 1984 and live in Mt Eden.