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The other leading roles were played by Kathryn Harrold, Shirley Knight, and Paul Freeman. Among the supporting actors were Al Matthews , an American-born singer and radio personality living in the UK who later gained fame for his role in Aliens , and Angus MacInnes , a Canadian character actor known for his supporting roles playing North ...
Paul Freeman (born 18 January 1943) is an English actor who has appeared in theatre, television and film. Internationally, he is known for playing the rival archaeologist René Belloq in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), evil wine baron Gustav Riebmann on season 4 of the soap opera Falcon Crest (1984–85), and supervillain Ivan Ooze in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (1995).
Depiction of a larrikin, from Nelson P. Whitelocke's book A Walk in Sydney Streets on the Shady Side (1885). Larrikin is an Australian English term meaning "a mischievous young person, an uncultivated, rowdy but good-hearted person", or "a person who acts with apparent disregard for social or political conventions".
The term larrikin originated in the "Black Country" dialect found in the area near Birmingham, the English West Midland councils of Sandwell, Dudley and Walsall. The term larrikin originally meant the tongue; calling someone a larrikin implied they were using their tongue, or were "gobby"- mouthy.
In 1990 Larrikin bought the copyright to Kookaburra, which had been written in 1932, for $6,100. In 2009 they sued Men at Work for including two bars of Kookaburra at the beginning of their song Down Under, attempting to claim 60% of the profits made by the song. They were awarded 5% of the profits, which was changed to $100,000.
"Downing Street Kindling" was the second single to be taken from Larrikin Love's debut album, The Freedom Spark, and their first release to enter the UK Top 40, charting at number 35. In the song, Larrikin voices his discontent with England, culminating with the proclamation that " I think that it is hell ".
The Freedom Spark is the sole album by Larrikin Love. It was released on 25 September 2006. Track listing "The Spark" "Six Queens" "Edwould" "Downing Street Kindling"
A reviewer in The Maitland Daily Mercury found some problems with the novel and noted: "This is Ethel Turner's most ambitious work so far; it is much more elaborate than any other of her books; it is not a atory for children or mainly of a child; but, instead of being a well constructed novel for adult reading, it is a series of episodes — doubtless interesting enough in themselves ...