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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786982003321

Autore

Lawler Ray

Titolo

Summer of the seventeenth doll [[electronic resource] /] / Ray Lawler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sydney, : Currency Press, 2012

ISBN

1-921428-61-9

1-921429-73-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (182 p.)

Disciplina

822.92

Soggetti

Australian drama

Sugar workers - Australia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Characters; Setting; Production Photos; Act One; Scene One; Scene Two; Act Two; Scene One; Scene Two; Act Three

Sommario/riassunto

Every summer Roo and Barney have come down from their work in the Queensland canefields to the Carlton house they share with Olive and Nancy for an annual celebration of love and laughter. But this year Nancy has deserted the house to get married, and Pearl has taken her place... Ray Lawler's brawny canecutters, and their long-standing seasonal romance with two Melbourne barmaids, are now part of Australian legend. Summer of the Seventeenth Doll is one of the pillars of our national theatre; with its premiè€re in 1955, it is said Australian playwriting came of age. In this new edition it's clea