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'One of the giants of Australian literature and the only Australian writer to have won the Nobel Prize for Literature, Patrick White received less acclaim when he turned his hand to playwriting.
'In Patrick White’s Theatre, Denise Varney offers a new analysis of White’s eight published plays, discussing how they have been staged and received over a period of 60 years. From the sensational rejection of The Ham Funeral by the Adelaide Festival in 1962 to 21st-century revivals incorporating digital technology, these productions and their reception illustrate the major shifts that have taken place in Australian theatre over time. Varney unpacks White’s complex and unique theatrical imagination, the social issues that preoccupied him as a playwright, and his place in the wider Australian modernist and theatrical traditions.'
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
- Netherwood 1983 single work drama
- Night on Bald Mountain 1964 single work drama
- Shepherd on the Rocks 1987 single work drama
- Signal Driver : A Morality Play for the Times 1983 single work drama
- The Ham Funeral 1947 single work drama
- The Season at Sarsaparilla : A Charade of Suburbia in Two Acts 1962 single work drama