Australian Drama - Dramatic Traditions in Australia (1 Viewer)

[choirboy]

Hey

um im just wanting a little bit of help.
has anybody got say a list of themes or maybe some good websites or anything for:

Ray Lawler's - Summer of the 17th Doll
or
David Williamsons - The Removalists

im just finding it a little bit tough going.
any help would be much appreciated.

thanks
:wave:

 

[*Drama-Queen*]

Well in the case of Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, I would go with themes such as idealism, aging, maturity, the notion of change and Australian identity.

Some helpful websites for me have been:

http://www.hat-archive.com/summerofthe17thdoll.htm

http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=940DE7DC1039F933A05754C0A96E948260


On the topic of The Removalists, unfortunately my school isn’t doing that play but I’m sure the themes are along the lines of power and authority.

Here are some notes I’ve made/collected/been provided with about The Doll hope they help.

 

[Sophirr]

Hey, i found this website its got some good notes on australian theatre.

http://www.trinity.wa.edu.au/plduffyrc/subjects/english/aust/austdrama.htm

and some really good ones on Ray Lawler SOTSD...

http://lardcave.net/hsc/english.2ug.lawler.17thdoll.html

Although it seems to be used for english, its exactly what i was looking for.

 

[ravenmorr]

hey anyone got anygood site or information for 7 stages pf grieving & ruby moon?

 

[Ruthie_huegill]

My school is doing The Removalists and i found it really hard to find any good website that has information on it.

Some of the themes we have dicussed in class that Williamson uses in The Removalists are:

Police Corruption
Violence
Sexism
Ignorance
Conflict

Williamson wanted to write a play that represented the worse parts of Australian culture. It is a confronting play because of the level and violence and language it contains but i found it quite entertaining and easy to write essays on becasue so many different techniques and themes are used and they are represented beautifully.

Hope that helps