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'Is there intrinsic evil in the world?
'In a bleak, remote town, a small child is murdered. Suspicion falls on 9-year-old Lizzie. Convinced her daughter is guilty, Lizzie's young mother must make the torturous choice between ignoring her intuition and presenting Lizzie to the police.
'Lizzie is not the only one who is changed forever by the act. The adults around her, bewildered and full of denial, find their accepted beliefs crumbling around them in a play which explores the sources of violence and its legacy.'
Source: Australian Plays (https://australianplays.org/script/CP-511). (Sighted: 25/6/2018)
Adaptations
- form y Wolf Lullaby Australia : ABC Radio National , 2002 9222663 2002 single work radio play
Production Details
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First produced by Griffin Theatre Co., Stables Theatre, Sydney, 23 April 1996.
Performed at the Atlantic Theater (336 W. 20th Street) New York, 28 October 1998.
Play reading held by Ensemble Theatre, 23 October 2017.
Director: Francesca Savage.
Cast: Emma Chelsey, Scott Sheridan, Kate Skinner, and Christopher Stollery.
Performed at Holden Street Theatres by Oily Rag Theatre, Adelaide 4 - 12 May 2018 (the theatre company's premiere production).
Director: by Kirstin Telfer.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Crying Wolf
2018
single work
review
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , May no. 459 2018; (p. 25)'This month Oily Rag Theatre will perform Wolf Lullaby, an unsettling examination of how a child could commit murder.'
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Australian Gothic Drama : Mapping a Nation's Trauma from Convicts to the Stolen Generation
2015
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , June no. 66 2015; (p. 11-39) -
Wolf Lullaby : A Horrid Little Girl as Murder Suspect
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: New York Times , 29 October 1998;
— Review of Wolf Lullaby 1997 single work drama -
Drewe Adds Adelaide Prize to List
1998
single work
column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 3 March 1998; (p. 5) -
Child's Play that Lulls Us into a Sense of Insecurity
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 4 June 1997; (p. 14)
— Review of Wolf Lullaby 1997 single work drama
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A Powerful Study of a Good Girl Who Murders
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 2 June 1997; (p. C5)
— Review of Wolf Lullaby 1997 single work drama -
Blood Simple
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , July no. 166 1997; (p. 30-31)
— Review of Wolf Lullaby 1997 single work drama -
Child's Play that Lulls Us into a Sense of Insecurity
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 4 June 1997; (p. 14)
— Review of Wolf Lullaby 1997 single work drama -
Wolf Lullaby : A Horrid Little Girl as Murder Suspect
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: New York Times , 29 October 1998;
— Review of Wolf Lullaby 1997 single work drama -
Bella Donna : Hilary Bell in Profile
1994
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Dialogue , December no. 21 1994; (p. 8-9) -
Drewe Adds Adelaide Prize to List
1998
single work
column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 3 March 1998; (p. 5) -
Sisters Unite to Break the Taboo on the Little Devils
1996
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Australian , 12 April 1996; (p. 8) -
Australian Gothic Drama : Mapping a Nation's Trauma from Convicts to the Stolen Generation
2015
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , June no. 66 2015; (p. 11-39) -
Crying Wolf
2018
single work
review
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , May no. 459 2018; (p. 25)'This month Oily Rag Theatre will perform Wolf Lullaby, an unsettling examination of how a child could commit murder.'
Awards
- Tasmania,