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First performed at the Playhouse, Adelaide, by the State Theatre Company of South Australia on 9 May 1987
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Patrick White's Theatre : Australian Modernism on Stage, 1960-2018
Sydney
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Sydney University Press
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2021
21650143
2021
multi chapter work
criticism
'One of the giants of Australian literature and the only Australian writer to have won the Nobel Prize for Literature, Patrick White received less acclaim when he turned his hand to playwriting.
'In Patrick White’s Theatre, Denise Varney offers a new analysis of White’s eight published plays, discussing how they have been staged and received over a period of 60 years. From the sensational rejection of The Ham Funeral by the Adelaide Festival in 1962 to 21st-century revivals incorporating digital technology, these productions and their reception illustrate the major shifts that have taken place in Australian theatre over time. Varney unpacks White’s complex and unique theatrical imagination, the social issues that preoccupied him as a playwright, and his place in the wider Australian modernist and theatrical traditions.'
Source: Abstract.
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'Are You For Magic?' Patrick White and Camp
2014
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , November vol. 29 no. 4 2014; (p. 1-18)'The article offers information on writer Patrick White. White wrote several plays and novels. The play "The Ham Funeral" was written by him on the eve of his traveling from London, England to Australia in the year 1947. White wrote the novels "Voss" in 1957, "The Vivisector" in the year 1970, and the "Shepherd on the Rocks."' (Publication abstract)
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Kerry Walker, Patrick White and the Faces of Australian Modernism
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Coolabah , no. 9 2012; 'This essay considers the work of Australian actor Kerry Walker (b. 1948) in the years 1977-1989. It focuses on Walker's acting style in the roles she played in a variety of works by Patrick White, her approach to acting and her enduring friendship with White. It seeks to document the specific qualities Walker brought to her performances in White's plays and to explain her distinctive understanding of White's drama.' (Author's abstract)
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Patrick White : A Centenary Tribute
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin , Winter vol. 71 no. 2 2012; (p. 18-28) -
Patrick White
2009
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Belonging : Australian Playwriting in the 20th Century 2009; (p. 91-112)
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White Puts on a Spiritual Vaudeville Show
1987
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 19 May vol. 109 no. 5570 1987; (p. 42)
— Review of Shepherd on the Rocks 1987 single work drama -
[Review] Shepherd on the Rocks
1995
single work
review
— Appears in: World Literature Today , Spring vol. 69 no. 2 1995; (p. 429)
— Review of Shepherd on the Rocks 1987 single work drama -
Ham Funeral
1987
single work
review
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , June no. 39 1987; (p. 12)
— Review of Shepherd on the Rocks 1987 single work drama -
[Review] Shepherd on the Rocks
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: Muse , May no. 119 1993; (p. 33-34)
— Review of Shepherd on the Rocks 1987 single work drama -
Patrick White
2009
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Belonging : Australian Playwriting in the 20th Century 2009; (p. 91-112) -
Patrick White : A Centenary Tribute
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin , Winter vol. 71 no. 2 2012; (p. 18-28) -
Kerry Walker, Patrick White and the Faces of Australian Modernism
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Coolabah , no. 9 2012; 'This essay considers the work of Australian actor Kerry Walker (b. 1948) in the years 1977-1989. It focuses on Walker's acting style in the roles she played in a variety of works by Patrick White, her approach to acting and her enduring friendship with White. It seeks to document the specific qualities Walker brought to her performances in White's plays and to explain her distinctive understanding of White's drama.' (Author's abstract)
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Great Man of Letters: An Exile in His Own Country
1990
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 8 October 1990; (p. 20) -
Inner Conflict : The Two Sides of Patrick White
1987
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 2 May 1987; (p. 1)
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