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Four Australian Plays
Graeme Blundell
(editor),
Ringwood
:
Penguin
,
1973
Z542531
1973
anthology
drama
humour
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A Country Quinella : Two Celebration Plays
Ringwood
Harmondsworth
:
Penguin
,
1984
Z186592
1984
selected work
musical theatre
humour
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Three Australian Plays
Harmondsworth
:
Penguin
,
1963
Z893289
1963
selected work
drama
Harmondsworth
:
Penguin
,
1963
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y
Plays
Harmondsworth
Ringwood
:
Penguin
,
1970
Z826268
1970
anthology
drama
(taught in 1 units)
Four Australian Plays
Harmondsworth
Ringwood
:
Penguin
,
1970
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Heretic : Based on the Life of Derek Freeman
Melbourne
Sydney
:
Penguin
Currency Press
,
1996
Z168651
1996
single work
drama
In 1925 American anthropologist Margaret Mead visited Samoa on a research trip and thought that she had discovered a utopian society, free of the restrictive social conventions of western societies. Her revelations of promiscuity among Samoan teenagers made her the guru of generations of academics and the 1960s' aficionados of sex, rock 'n' roll and free speech.
In 1983 Australian academic Derek Freeman exposed Mead's findings as fraudulent, and revealed the story of how, and why, the Samoans had duped her. Heretic, David Williamson's controversial new play, explores the lifetime obessions of two remarkable headstrong protagonists. It also takes us inside the psyche of Derek Freeman, an iconoclast who was prepared to risk his marriage and shatter his career in the pursuit of truth. (Publisher's blurb, back cover).
Melbourne Sydney : Penguin Currency Press , 1996
