Title: Power plays : Australian theatre and the public agenda /
Authors: Glow, Hilary
Publisher: Currency Press,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Australian drama History and criticism.; Australian drama History and criticism.; Dramatists, Australian Political and social views.; Dramatists, Australian Political and social views.; Political plays, Australian History and criticism.; Playwriting.; Nationalism Australia
Abstract: "The book looks at a number of contemporary Australian playwrights who seek to encourage discussions about current political, national and ideological issues and values in Australia. Power Plays is divided into thematic chapters which look at the theatre's take on indigenous identities, the history wars, rural and regional Australia, globalisation and class, border protection and the war on terror. It combines interviews with eight mainstream playwrights - Andrew Bovell, Patricia Cornelius, Reg Cribb, Ben Ellis, Wesley Enoch, Hannie Rayson, Stephen Sewell, Katherine Thomson - with analyses of their plays, and other plays which cover similiar terrain, to examine how the contemporary theatre is contributing to the public agenda."--Publisher.