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'A cunning web of truth, lies, self-delusion and depravity, set against the backgrounds of Manila and Melbourne. Jean, an award-winning journalist, travels to the Philippines to write an exposé of Australian sex tours. Blackmail and revolution were not in the original brief, but as the lives of the six infidels mesh together, there are no rules and many surprises.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Notes
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Dedication: For Janet Andrewartha and Geoff Falk.
Production Details
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First performed by the Playbox Theatre Centre at the Beckett Theatre, Melbourne 27 June 1992. Directed by Bruce Myles.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Spot the Infidel : Aspects of Multiculturalism in Mainstream Australian Theatre
2001
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Siting the Other : Re-Visions of Marginality in Australian and English-Canadian Drama 2001; (p. 155-173) -
Responses to the Sex Trade in Post-Colonial Theatre
1998
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Body in the Library 1998; (p. 261-272) Discusses theatrical responses to the expanding neo-imperial trade in sex with respect to Guillermo Verdecchia's Fronteras Americana (1993), Trevor Rhone's Smile Orange (1987) and Michael Gurr's Sex Diary of an Infidel (1992). -
[Review] Sex Diary of an Infidel
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , April no. 30 1997; (p. 115-120)
— Review of Underwear, Perfume and Crash Helmet 1994 single work drama ; Jerusalem 1996 single work drama ; All Souls 1993 single work drama ; Sex Diary of an Infidel 1992 single work drama -
[Review] Sex Diary of an Infidel
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: Kasama , March vol. 10 no. 1 1996;
— Review of Sex Diary of an Infidel 1992 single work drama -
Theatre
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 16 February 1996; (p. 17)
— Review of Sex Diary of an Infidel 1992 single work drama
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[Review] Sex Diary of an Infidel
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: Kasama , March vol. 10 no. 1 1996;
— Review of Sex Diary of an Infidel 1992 single work drama -
[Review] Sex Diary of an Infidel
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , April no. 30 1997; (p. 115-120)
— Review of Underwear, Perfume and Crash Helmet 1994 single work drama ; Jerusalem 1996 single work drama ; All Souls 1993 single work drama ; Sex Diary of an Infidel 1992 single work drama -
[Review] Sex Diary of an Infidel
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , October no. 25 1994; (p. 196-198)
— Review of Sex Diary of an Infidel 1992 single work drama -
Sex and the Art of Role Reversal
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 29 June 1992; (p. 10)
— Review of Sex Diary of an Infidel 1992 single work drama -
Yeti Hunt Ends in Sex
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 14 July vol. 114 no. 5828 1992; (p. 86)
— Review of Sex Diary of an Infidel 1992 single work drama -
Responses to the Sex Trade in Post-Colonial Theatre
1998
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Body in the Library 1998; (p. 261-272) Discusses theatrical responses to the expanding neo-imperial trade in sex with respect to Guillermo Verdecchia's Fronteras Americana (1993), Trevor Rhone's Smile Orange (1987) and Michael Gurr's Sex Diary of an Infidel (1992). -
Occidental (Sex) Tourists: Michael Gurr's `Sex Diary of an Infidel'
1994
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , October no. 25 1994; (p. 177-188) -
Sex is Ambushed
1993
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 16 November vol. 115 no. 5896 1993; (p. 98) -
`Sex Diary' Exposes Desires and Deceit
1993
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The West Australian , 10 September 1993; (p. 4) -
Gurr by Name, Grrr by Nature
1992
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 7 July vol. 114 no. 5827 1992; (p. 92)
Awards
- 1994 winner New South Wales State Literary Awards — Play Award
- 1993 winner Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — Louis Esson Prize for Drama
- 1992 winner Victorian Green Room Awards — Best New Australian Play
Last amended 2 May 2017 14:56:36
Settings:
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Manila,
cPhilippines,cSoutheast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
- Melbourne, Victoria,
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