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Title

Power Plays: Australian Theatre and the Public Agenda

Creator Contributors

Hilary Glow, Author

Abstract/Description

This book looks at a number of contemporary Australian playwrights who seek to encourage discussions about current political, national and ideological issues and values in Australia. Power Plays is divided into thematic chapters which look at the theatre's take on indigenous identities, the history wars, rural and regional Australia, globalisation and class, border protection and the war on terror. It combines interviews with eight mainstream playwrights - Andrew Bovell, Patricia Cornelius, Reg Cribb, Ben Ellis, Wesley Enoch, Hannie Rayson, Stephen Sewell, Katherine Thomson - with analyses of their plays, and other plays which cover similiar terrain, to examine how the contemporary theatre is contributing to the public agenda. (Publisher)

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Publisher

Currency Press

Publisher Location

Sydney

Date Issued

2007

Date Of Copyright

2007

Language

English

Medium

Book

ISBN 10

9780868198156

Citation

Hilary Glow, Power Plays: Australian Theatre and the Public Agenda, Currency Press, Sydney, 2007

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AusStage

Resource Identifier

1782