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'A reconciliation between a mother and the daughter she gave away at birth. Anna defines herself through her political conscience and she believes she has come to terms with her history until a young woman arrives at her door.'
Source: Australian Plays (https://australianplays.org/script/CP-283/) (Sighted 22/02/2018)
Production Details
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First produced by the Playbox Theatre Centre in the Beckett Theatre, CUB Malthouse, South Melbourne, Vic., 22 June 1993. Directed by Ariette Taylor. Has been adapted for Australian and Swedish radio. Also produced in Sydney at the Griffin Theatre, Canberra at the Eureka Theatre and in Seoul, South Korea.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Embodying Love : Mother Meets Daughter in Theatre for Cultural Exchange
2006
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , October no. 49 2006; (p. 32-39) -
Performing Emotion Interculturally : The Korean Production of Love Child
2006
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , October no. 49 2006; (p. 20-31) Love Child was performed by the Sanwullim Theatre Group in Seoul, 1994. -
Modern Dolls, Global Spin: Joanna Murray-Smith
2005
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Dolls' Revolution : Australian Theatre and Cultural Imagination 2005; (p. 109-156) 'This chapter positions Murray-Smith and her fascination with the modulations between language, truth and reality as a global playwright of modern drama...' (p.114) -
Mum's the Word
2003
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 28 February 2003; (p. 16) -
An Emotional Journey
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 23 July 1996; (p. 9)
— Review of Love Child 1993 single work drama
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Love Links the Torn Pieces of Two Lives
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 27 June 1993; (p. 7)
— Review of Love Child 1993 single work drama -
Untitled
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 25 June 1993; (p. 16)
— Review of Love Child 1993 single work drama -
Women Confront Their Convictions
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 28 June 1993; (p. 13)
— Review of Love Child 1993 single work drama -
Less is So Much More
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 13 July vol. 115 no. 5878 1993; (p. 84-85)
— Review of Love Child 1993 single work drama -
Tense Generation Gap
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Jewish News (Life/Style) , 9 July vol. 59 no. 40 1993; (p. 5)
— Review of Love Child 1993 single work drama -
Mum's the Word
2003
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 28 February 2003; (p. 16) -
Modern Dolls, Global Spin: Joanna Murray-Smith
2005
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Dolls' Revolution : Australian Theatre and Cultural Imagination 2005; (p. 109-156) 'This chapter positions Murray-Smith and her fascination with the modulations between language, truth and reality as a global playwright of modern drama...' (p.114) -
Performing Emotion Interculturally : The Korean Production of Love Child
2006
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , October no. 49 2006; (p. 20-31) Love Child was performed by the Sanwullim Theatre Group in Seoul, 1994. -
Embodying Love : Mother Meets Daughter in Theatre for Cultural Exchange
2006
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , October no. 49 2006; (p. 32-39) -
Loneliness of the Long Distance Writer
1993
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 20 June 1993; (p. 7)
Awards
- 1994 winner Canberra Critics Circle Awards — Theatre Award
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