Career
Born in Balmain, New South Wales, Kenna left school at fourteen and took up various jobs. He started working in the theatre by participating in concert parties at the camps in Sydney during World World War World War II His first play was written when he was twenty-one. In 1959 the play The Slaughter of Street Teresa’s Day was produced in Sydney, based on the life of Tilly Devine.
The play was turned into a television drama in 1960.
The film starred Bryan Brown, Rachel Ward and Sam Neill. Death
He died in Sydney on 29 November 1987 after a long illness.