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PATRICK WHITE?S THEATRE IBD

SYDNEY UNIVERSITY PRESS
09 / 2021
9781743327555
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Sinopsis

One of the giants of Australian literature and the only Australian writer to have won the Nobel Prize for Literature, Patrick White received less acclaim when he turned his hand to playwriting.InáPatrick WhiteâÇÖs Theatre, Denise Varney offers a new analysis of WhiteâÇÖs eight published plays, discussing how they have been staged and received over a period of 60 years. From the sensational rejection ofáThe Ham Funeraláby the Adelaide Festival in 1962 to 21st-century revivals incorporating digital technology, these productions and their reception illustrate the major shifts that have taken place in Australian theatre over time. Varney unpacks WhiteâÇÖs complex and unique theatrical imagination, the social issues that preoccupied him as a playwright, and his place in the wider Australian modernist and theatrical traditions.á