Quality plays for older students and adults, suitable for performance by students and adults in auditions, school productions, drama festivals / competitions / eisteddfods or by actors in theatres. |
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It is 1838 and the young colony of New
South Wales is deeply divided by issues of race, rank and religion.
Now, to add to these problems, the newly appointed Governor to the
colony must deal with the worsening violence occurring between
Aborigines and squatters. In June, a band of white men massacre
twenty-eight Aboriginal people at Myall Creek. The Governor must act.
Under orders from London he must punish those guilty - an action he
knows many will vehemently oppose and one which will further divide the
colony. What to do? For
the first time whites will hang for killing blacks. Massacre at Myall Creek is a play which explores the social and political climate in which this and other massacres took place. It examines the attitudes and policies that led to such inhumanity, while posing questions of ongoing and universal relevance. Play includes
study units in the areas of English (issues and themes), drama, history
and Aboriginal Studies. Read the script that has played to thousands of students and toured schools and other venues throughout Australia for 10 years. More infomation...cast size, set, sample dialogues, cost etc. |
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It is 1968. The Vietnam conflict rages. The Gods of War once more require the sacrifice of sons. Jim, a fifteen year old schoolboy, armed only with a rich imagination and a lively, irreverent sense of humour, gallantly resists the efforts of home, school and society to brutalise his nature and prepare him for the role of sacrificial lamb. It is set in Sydney in 1968, but its theme is universal and its timing irrelevant. Though underlying serious, it is loaded with laughs from inspired mental images, innocent irreverence, delicious non sequiturs and youthful ingenuousness in general. - Sunday Telegraph The play consists of many scenes, bursting with life and imagery each with its own climax. - The Australian More infomation...cast size, set, sample dialogues, cost etc.
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