The One Day of the Year
Undoubtedly one of Australia's favourite plays, The One Day of the Year explores the universal theme…
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Undoubtedly one of Australia's favourite plays, The One Day of the Year explores the universal theme…
Teacher Resource Essay 1 Essay 2Alan Seymour, born 1927 in Fremantle, Western Australia, is an Australian playwright and author best known for his play The One Day of the Year (1958). When Alan was nine, his father was killed in a wharf accident, after that he was raised by his …
View Books by Alan SeymourJack Davis (1917–1999) began writing when he was fourteen years old. The fourth child in a family of eleven, he spent his childhood in the West Australian mill town of Yarloop. He worked for several years as a stockman in the north before returning…
View Books by Jack DavisCommissioned for the 1985 Perth Festival, this is the spirited story of the Millimurra family’s …
Teacher Resource EssayHannie Rayson has established a reputation for topical, complex dramas written with wit and humour. A graduate of Melbourne University and the Victorian College of the Arts, she has an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from La Trobe University and is a …
View Books by Hannie RaysonHilary lives in seaside Sorrento with her father and sixteen-year-old son; Pippa is visiting from …
Teacher Resource Essay 1 Essay 2Mona Brand was born in 1915. She has written on a wide variety of topics, usually of social relevance and often new to Australian playwriting. Her major work, Here Under Heaven (1948) tackles the dilemma faced by a Chinese war bride in Australia. It …
View Books by Mona BrandRacism and gender bias are the twin prejudices of Mrs Hamilton, matriarch of a Queensland property …
John Romeril has been a prolific writer whose early plays include the major works I Don’t Know Who To Feel Sorry For, Chicago, Chicago and The Floating World. Other plays are Mrs Thally F, Carboni, The Kelly Dance, Lost Weekend, Black Cargo, Bring …
View Books by John RomerilThe story of a returned serviceman's descent into madness on a cruise ship bound for Japan. …
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