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'A play centred on family life in working-class Redfern in the 1950s which captures the colour, spirit and political character of the inner-city suburb. Hewett who lived in Redfern during the Cold War, wrote that her aim was 'to write of a self-contained world ... with its own language, its own folklore, its own values, it’s own ethos, to write of it with both realism and poetry.'
Source: Australian Plays (https://australianplays.org/script/CP-1289/). (Sighted: 22/02/2018)
Production Details
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First produced by the University Dramatic Society at the New Fortune Theatre, University of WA, Perth, 11 January 1967.
Director: Frank Baden-Powell.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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The Empty Room
2015
single work
autobiography
— Appears in: Westerly , vol. 60 no. 1 2015; (p. 10-13) -
Aussie Words : Bludger
2001
single work
column
— Appears in: Ozwords , December vol. 8 no. 2 2001; (p. 7) -
Seeking Woman : Dorothy Hewett's Shifting Genres
1995
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Dorothy Hewett : Selected Critical Essays 1995; (p. 147-162) - y Dorothy Hewett : The Feminine as Subversion Paddington : Currency Press , 1992 Z339385 1992 single work criticism
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Warm Tribute to the Working Class
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 31 August 1990; (p. 14)
— Review of This Old Man Comes Rolling Home 1967 single work drama
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Plays of Hewett and Sherman
1976
single work
review
— Appears in: Theatre Australia , October-November vol. 1 no. 3 1976; (p. 56)
— Review of Melba 1974 single work drama ; This Old Man Comes Rolling Home 1967 single work drama ; Bon-Bons and Roses for Dolly 1972 single work musical theatre -
Stale Nostalgia
1968
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 30 March vol. 90 no. 4595 1968; (p. 64)
— Review of This Old Man Comes Rolling Home 1967 single work drama -
Untitled
1982
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 9 August 1982; (p. 2)
— Review of This Old Man Comes Rolling Home 1967 single work drama -
Re-Visiting Redfern's Reds
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Jewish News , 7 September vol. 56 no. 48 1990; (p. 33)
— Review of This Old Man Comes Rolling Home 1967 single work drama -
Warm Tribute to the Working Class
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 31 August 1990; (p. 14)
— Review of This Old Man Comes Rolling Home 1967 single work drama -
Dorothy Hewett
Jennifer Palmer
(interviewer),
1979
single work
interview
— Appears in: Contemporary Australian Playwrights 1979; (p. 84-100) -
Drama
1981
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Oxford History of Australian Literature 1981; (p. 175-267) -
Playwright Worked in a Factory
1968
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: The Australian Women's Weekly , 14 February 1968; -
An Early Look at Redfern
1968
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 17 March 1968; (p. 59) -
Seeking Woman : Dorothy Hewett's Shifting Genres
1995
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Dorothy Hewett : Selected Critical Essays 1995; (p. 147-162)
Last amended 25 Jun 2018 15:34:54
Subjects:
- Redfern, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,
Settings:
- Redfern, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,
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