Radical Visions 1968-2008 : the Impact of the Sixties on Australian Drama
Radical Visions 1968-2008: The Impact of the Sixties on Australian Drama is about a generation of Australian playwrights who came of age in the sixties. This important book shows how international trends in youth radicalism and cultural change at the time contributed to the rise of interest in alternative theatre and drama in a number of locations. It follows the career of Australia's major playwrights -- Alma De Groen, Jenny Kemp, Richard Murphet, John Romeril, Stephen Sewell and David Willamson -- whose early plays were first performed at La Mama and the Pram Factory theatres in Melbourne in t
Criticism, interpretation, etc
1 online resource (294 pages)
9789401200530, 9789042033542, 940120053X, 9042033541
741493005
Cover; Cover; Title Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Figures; Series Editor's Preface; Series Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Introduction; One: The International Generation of 1968: Theatre and Culture; One: The International Generation of 1968: Theatre and Culture; Two: The Australian Performing Group and Its Legacy, 1968-2008; Two: The Australian Performing Group and Its Legacy, 1968-2008; Three: Williamson in the Howard Years; Three: Williamson in the Howard Years
English