"Varney combines a theoretically astute sense of the hybridity of
the dramatic event, with a dense but lucidly rendered sociological
history of White's plays as they progress through different
productions, revivals, and receptions ... This is an essential
insight, and one which could be usefully extended to White's
novels, and perhaps to Australian modernism broadly." - Jonathan
Dunk, Australian Book ReviewOne 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. In Patrick White's Theatre, Denise
Varney offers a new analysis of White's eight published plays,
discussing how they have been staged and received over a period of
60 years. From the sensational rejection of The Ham Funeral by 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 White's 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.
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