Dorothy Hewett’s Drama, Memory and Australian Theatre

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

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Beskrivning

When Dorothy Hewett joked about needing a face-lift and sex-change to improve her standing, she drew attention to forces that shaped the production and reception of her drama. Drawing on production of her plays over four decades, and interviews with Hewett’s collaborators, this book reveals how cultural memories in theatre solidify and dissolve.Viewing theatre production as a mode of remembrance, Beaglehole grapples with Hewett as a divisive figure who was ahead of a conservative Australia. Revisiting frequently produced plays, including chapters on The Man from Mukinupin and The Chapel Perilous, as well as rarely-produced works, including Nowhere and The Tatty Hollow Story, this book articulates the ongoing relevance of Hewett’s drama to the history of theatre in Australia.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2023-10-05
Mått:155 x 235 x 19 mm
Vikt:495 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Australian Playwrights
Antal sidor:207
Förlag:Brill
ISBN:9789004682016

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Dramatik inom Skönlitteratur
Litteraturvetenskap inom Skönlitteratur

Mer om författaren

Peter Beaglehole writes performance work. Calendar Days won the Jill Blewett Playwright’s Award and was developed in Vitalstatistix's Adhocracy. His play Strata is published by PlayLab Press. He completed a PhD in 2019 at Flinders University of South Australia.

Innehållsförteckning

ForewordPreface: Notes on SourcesAcknowledgementsList of IllustrationsIntroduction: Dorothy Hewett and Her Drama1 The Hewett Legend and Cultural Memory in Australian Theatre2 Revisiting Redfern—This Old Man Comes Rolling Home3 Controversy and The Chapel Perilous4 The Tatty Hollow Story and the Irreconcilable in Remembering Dorothy Hewett5 Visions of The Man from Mukinupin6 The Jarrabin Trilogy—An End to Hewett’s New Writing?7 Hewett’s Reprise—NowhereConclusion: Remembering Dorothy Hewett and Her Drama by Narrating the Lives of PlaysAppendix: 1920–2019 Timeline, Including Hewett’s Life and WorksBibliographyIndex