'It is eight o'clock in the evening on the 21 January, 1971, and the heat from an 100-plus degree day dissipates in the night air. Dorothy Hewett's third serious play, The Chapel Perilous, is opening at The New Fortune Theatre. Built as a fourth wall to the Arts Building at the University of Western Australia in 1964, The New Fortune is a multi-storey outdoor space designed as an Elizabethan stage. The play's director is Aaren Neeme, a young, sympathetic collaborator with whom Hewett has been working closely in rehearsals. .. (Introduction)