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'The action takes place in a shed on a Queensland sugar wharf. It is little more than a wily tug-o-war between a union representative who knows all the lurks and who is supported by a farcical chorus of wharfies, a greenhorn young employers' represen tative, and a world-weary arbitrator. The wharfies march on and off, according to whether they are striking or not, to the tune of 'Advance Australia Fair', scratching their mosquito bites. It feels rather like 'Wally and the Major' come to life.'
(See '200,000 Rush to Soak Up Atmosphere'.)
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Commissioned for and first produced (as 'The Lotos-Eaters') at the Adelaide Festival in 1968. (See '200,000 Rush to Soak Up Atmosphere').
Later produced at the Playhouse (as 'The Lotus Eaters') by the Canberra Repertory (8-12 February 1972, directed by Anne Godfrey-Smith): see, for example, this advertisement in the Canberra Times (via Trove).
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200,000 Rush to Soak Up Atmosphere
1968
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— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 13 March 1968; (p. 25)
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200,000 Rush to Soak Up Atmosphere
1968
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— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 13 March 1968; (p. 25)
