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Dimboola : A Wedding Reception Play
Z1133391
1974
single work
musical theatre
humour
(taught in 6 units)
Playfully vulgar, bawdy and boisterous, Dimboola plays out the wedding reception from hell, with the audience actively playing the roles of the guests. A celebration as much as a satire, the play joyously takes a familiar ritual and turns it uproariously on its head.
Source: Currency Press
(http://www.currency.com.au/search.aspx?type=author&author=Jack+Hibberd)
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Stockade : A Musical Play of the Eureka Stockade
Patricia Cook
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1970
Z1360467
1971
single work
musical theatre
Musical play.
While Stockade follows the main historical events which occurred around the time of the Eureka Stockade rebellion Cook sided with tradition by portraying its leader, Peter Lalor, as a romantic rebel battling against the cold-blooded Captain Thomas. He also included a fictional story about a young couple and the tragic impact the rebellion had on their lives.
The musical, which uses a folk musical format (with new lyrics added to traditional songs) and episodic representation, explores somewhat didactically the theme of violent confrontation and murder, asking the question 'why does it have to be resorted to?'
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2y Halloran's Little Boat : A Play Based on the Novel 'Bring Larks and Heroes' Harmondsworth Ringwood : Penguin , 1975 Z863393 1966 single work drama Harmondsworth Ringwood : Penguin , 1975
- y The Last of the Knucklemen 1973 Z128888 1973 single work drama Ringwood Harmondsworth : Penguin , 1974