On the Beach single work   drama  
Adaptation of On the Beach Nevil Shute , 1957 single work novel
Date: 2023
Issue Details: First known date: 2023... 2023 On the Beach
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

'A small group of friends in Melbourne – some local, some survivors from the US Navy – are living out their eerily prosaic lives and loves in the wake of World War III. But when a mysterious distress call rings out across the Pacific Ocean, the characters are called to choose between duty to the ones they love and duty to the human race.'

Source: Sydney Theatre Company.

Production Details

  • World premiere (and commissioned by) Sydney Theatre Company at Roslyn Packer Theatre, 18 July - 12 August 2023.

    Director: Kip Williams.

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Works about this Work

Theatre Review : On the Beach, Roslyn Packer Theatre Matthew Collins , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , July 2023;

— Review of On the Beach Tommy Murphy , 2023 single work drama

'The classic 1957 novel about a post-apocalyptic vision is granted a powerful theatrical adaptation.'

I Can’t Imagine Anybody Would Come Out of On The Beach and Not Hold Their Loved Ones Just That Little Bit Closer Huw Griffiths , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 24 July 2023;

— Review of On the Beach Tommy Murphy , 2023 single work drama

'When Nevil Shute wrote his 1957 novel On the Beach, the world was emerging from the devastation of the second world war to confront new fears.' 

‘This Is the Way the World Ends’ : Nevil Shute’s On the Beach Warned Us of Nuclear Annihilation. It’s Still a Hot-button Issue Alexander Howard , 2023 single work essay
— Appears in: The Conversation , 19 July 2023; ABC News [Online] , July 2023;
I Can’t Imagine Anybody Would Come Out of On The Beach and Not Hold Their Loved Ones Just That Little Bit Closer Huw Griffiths , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 24 July 2023;

— Review of On the Beach Tommy Murphy , 2023 single work drama

'When Nevil Shute wrote his 1957 novel On the Beach, the world was emerging from the devastation of the second world war to confront new fears.' 

Theatre Review : On the Beach, Roslyn Packer Theatre Matthew Collins , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , July 2023;

— Review of On the Beach Tommy Murphy , 2023 single work drama

'The classic 1957 novel about a post-apocalyptic vision is granted a powerful theatrical adaptation.'

‘This Is the Way the World Ends’ : Nevil Shute’s On the Beach Warned Us of Nuclear Annihilation. It’s Still a Hot-button Issue Alexander Howard , 2023 single work essay
— Appears in: The Conversation , 19 July 2023; ABC News [Online] , July 2023;
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