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Blood Relations (Malouf play)

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Play by David Malouf, set in Western Australia

Blood Relations
Written byDavid Malouf
Directed byJim Sharman
Date premiered24 June 1987
Place premieredSydney
Original languageEnglish
Genredrama

Blood Relations is a play by David Malouf. Set in tropical Western Australia, it concerns a family group gathering around patriarch Willy at Christmas. It has been described as an Australian re-telling of The Tempest.

First produced in a Sydney Theatre Company and State Theatre Company of South Australia co-production, it opened on 24 June 1987 at the Sydney Opera House's Drama Theatre directed by Jim Sharman.

Blood Relations received the 1987 NSW Premier's Literary Award in the Play category.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Austlit — Blood Relations By David Malouf". Austlit. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  2. "BLOOD RELATIONS by David Malouf". www.middlemiss.org. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  3. ""A Sort of Buzzing: Queer Sound in David Malouf's Blood Relations"" (PDF). Monash University. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  4. "Blood Relations". www.ausstage.edu.au. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  5. "THEATRE A tragedy on the grubby side". The Canberra Times. Vol. 61, no. 18, 907. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 10 July 1987. p. 12. Retrieved 30 May 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
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