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'With the town she grew up in changing all around her, Barbara is determined to change with it. Dreaming of a way out, she sets her sights on landing a job at one of the new resorts popping up all over town. Meanwhile, her partner Den is having change forced upon him. The steelworks he’s worked at his whole life has been sold and Den must reinvent himself to survive. The arrival of Barbara’s daughter, Verge, just might be the thing that tips Barbara and Den over the edge.'
(Publication summary)
Notes
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Dedication: With thanks to Bob, and the Timbs family of Dapto.
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Study kit available.
Production Details
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First produced by the Melbourne Theatre Company at the Geelong Performing Arts Complex, Victoria, on 22 March 1991. Directed by Ros Horin.
Broadcast on ABC Radio National on Sunday 6 February 2011 as part of the Playing the 20th Century series.
Presented by Griffin Theatre, 8 September - 28 October 2017.
Director: Darren Yap.
Set & Costume Designer: James Browne.
Lighting Designer: Benjamin Brockman.
Composition & Sound Designer: Max Lambert & Roger Lock.
Stage Manager: Cara Woods.
Cast includes Steve Rodgers, Ebony Vagulans, Ursula Yovich, Jack Finsterer, and Michelle Doake.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also sound recording.
- Large print.
- Braille.
Works about this Work
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Best Touring Drama Set for Theatre Stage
2012
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column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 9 February 2012; (p. 39) -
Pockets of Rebellion : Katherine Thomson
2005
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Dolls' Revolution : Australian Theatre and Cultural Imagination 2005; (p. 157-198)'This chapter focuses on Katherine Thomson as a playwright who utilises the conventions of social realism and naturalism to write plays that dramatise the effects of social and economic change on the lives of fictional but realistically-based characters.' (p.158)
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Katherine Thomson's Diving for Pearls
Insight Text Guides – Diving for Pearls
Drouin
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Insight Publications
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1999
6896973
1999
single work
criticism
'Insight Text Guides – Diving for Pearls is designed to help secondary English students understand and analyse the text. This comprehensive guide to Katherine Thomson's play contains detailed character and chapter analysis and explores genre, structure, themes and language. Essay questions and sample answers help to prepare students for creating written responses to the text.' (Publisher's blurb)
- y Diving for Pearls : By Katherine Thomson Glebe : Pascal Press , 1999 Z425968 1999 single work criticism
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Doomed Love Has Universal Appeal
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 5 June 1998; (p. 15)
— Review of Diving for Pearls 1991 single work drama
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Untitled
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , April no. 24 1994; (p. 197-200)
— Review of The Girl Who Saw Everything 1991 single work drama ; Diving for Pearls 1991 single work drama -
Doomed Love Has Universal Appeal
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 5 June 1998; (p. 15)
— Review of Diving for Pearls 1991 single work drama -
Stage
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 22 March 1991; (p. 13)
— Review of Diving for Pearls 1991 single work drama -
Cardboard Cut-Outs Cast Adrift in the Shallows
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 4 April 1991; (p. 9)
— Review of Diving for Pearls 1991 single work drama -
Wisdom of Pearls
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 16 April vol. 113 no. 5765 1991; (p. 118)
— Review of Diving for Pearls 1991 single work drama -
Pockets of Rebellion : Katherine Thomson
2005
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Dolls' Revolution : Australian Theatre and Cultural Imagination 2005; (p. 157-198)'This chapter focuses on Katherine Thomson as a playwright who utilises the conventions of social realism and naturalism to write plays that dramatise the effects of social and economic change on the lives of fictional but realistically-based characters.' (p.158)
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Best Touring Drama Set for Theatre Stage
2012
single work
column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 9 February 2012; (p. 39) -
Shoot Me, I'm Only the Writer
1991
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 26 March vol. 113 no. 5762 1991; (p. 110-111) -
A Writer who Plays on Poetry
1991
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Australian , 1 April 1991; (p. 7) -
Diving for Katherine
1992
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: The Advertiser Magazine , 10 October 1992; (p. 8)
Awards
- 1990s