Record Number |
18417 |
ISBN |
9781925005714 |
Location |
A 822 PUR |
Author |
Purcell, Leah (author.). |
Title |
The drover's wife / Leah Purcell. |
Published |
Strawberry Hills, NSW : Currency Press, 2016. |
©2016 |
Collation |
56 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm. |
Content types |
text |
still image |
Carrier type |
volume |
Series |
Current theatre series |
General Note |
"Belvoir" |
"in association with Belvoir, Sydney"--verso title page. |
Summary Note |
"Henry Lawson's story of the drover's wife pits the stoic silhouette of a woman against the unforgiving Australian landscape, staring down a serpent - it's our frontier myth captured in a few pages. In Leah's new play the old story gets a very fresh rewrite. Once again the drover's wife is confronted by a threat in her yard in Australia's high country, but now it's a man. He's bleeding, he's got secrets, and he's black. She knows there's a fugitive wanted for killing whites, and the district is thick with troopers, but something's holding the drover's wife back from turning this fella in... A taut thriller of our pioneering past, 'The drover's wife' is full of fury, power and has a black sting to the tail, reaching from our nation's infancy into our complicated present." - Back cover. |
Subject |
Pioneers and pioneer life -- Australia -- Drama |
Aboriginal Australians -- Drama |
Australian drama -- 21st century |
Frontier and pioneer life -- Australia -- Drama |
Aboriginal Australians |
Women pioneers -- Australia -- Drama |
Women pioneers |
Frontier and pioneer life |
Geographic Name |
Australia -- History -- Drama |
Australia |
Added Name |
Lawson, Henry,1867-1922.Drovers Wife |
Added Corporate Name |
Belvoir (Theatre company) |