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General editor: Philip Parsons.
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- y Macquarie : A Play Woollahra : Currency Press , 1971 Z342715 1971 single work drama
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Manuscript No. 5.y The Third Secretary : A Play Sydney : Currency Press , 1972 Z186858 1972 single work drama Sydney : Currency Press , 1972
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4y The Chapel Perilous, Or, The Perilous Adventures of Sally Banner Frank Arndt (composer), Michael Leydon (composer), Sydney : Currency Press , 1972 8274485 1972 single work musical theatre (taught in 7 units)
Written in Hewett's freewheeling epic style, The Chapel Perilous is a journey play that spans the period between the 1930s and the late 1960s. The story concerns Sally Banner, an over-reacher who attempts to find fulfilment – whether through her gift of poetic expression, through her sexual relationships, or in later years through political activism - and ultimately finds it through self-acceptance. Thematically the play contains the qualities and concerns which are often associated with Hewett's style – female sexuality, questioning of authority and morality, and anarchic tendencies towards structure in both dramatic text and social attitudes.
As Hewett remarks in her 1979 Hecate article: 'Sally is balanced by several symbolic female figures, the "Authority figures" of Headmistress, Anglican teaching "sister", and mother... [along with the] lesbian love figure, Judith, who stands for intellectual control and denial of sensual love' ('Creating Heroines in Australian Plays', p. 77).
Sydney : Currency Press , 1972 -
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The Slaughter of St. Teresa's Day : A Play
Sydney
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Currency Press
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1972
Z541474
1959
single work
drama
'Two released prisoners interrupt a feast day party given by an 1950s ex-Sydney gangster.'
Source: AusStage (http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/work/4704). (Sighted: 9/10/2013)
Sydney : Currency Press , 1972 - y The Lucky Streak : A Play 1966 Z203016 1966 single work drama Sydney : Currency Press , 1972