Plays of the 50s: Volume 2 - The Multi-Coloured Umbrella; The Slaughter of St Teresa's Day; Image in the Clay; The Life of the Party (Paperback)

The exhilaration caused by the success in 1955 of Ray Lawler's 'Summer of the Seventeenth Doll' galvanised a host of new playwrights. Among them was Barbara Vernon, whose 'The Multi-Coloured Umbrella' (1957), a drama of the racetrack, exploits the novelty of an irredeemably Australian way of life. Peter Kenna in his comedy-drama 'The Slaughter of Saint Teresa's Day' (1959), introduces the first of his Irish-Australian matriarchs, Oola Maguire. In 'Image in the Clay' (1960) David Ireland blends realism and poetry in his stark portrait of a rural Aboriginal family. And, most radically, Ray Matthew in 'The Life of the Party' (1960) draws a desperate portrait of post-war sophisticates trapped in the shadow of the Cold War. Exploring a new theatre distances from European realism, these plays mark a journey towards a recognisably Australian rhythmic form and a more poetic, visceral drama characteristic of the theatre later in the century.

General

Imprint:	Currency Press Pty Ltd
Country of origin:	Australia
Release date:	December 2004
Editors:	Katharine Brisbane
Authors:	Barbara Vernon • Peter Kenna • David Ireland • Ray Mathew
Dimensions:	240 x 150 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-0-86819-695-4
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Drama texts, plays > General
LSN:	0-86819-695-9
Barcode:	9780868196954

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