Věra Šedá Věra Šedá i(A141927 works by)
Born: Established: 1923 ;
Gender: Female
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5 1 y separately published work icon Message from Forever Marlo Morgan , ( trans. Věra Šedá with title Poselství z Věčnosti ) Prague : Knižní klub , 1998 Z29080 1998 single work novel historical fiction
4 52 y separately published work icon The Chapel Perilous, Or, The Perilous Adventures of Sally Banner Dorothy Hewett , Frank Arndt (composer), Michael Leydon (composer), ( trans. Věra Šedá with title Kaple nebezpečenství, aneb, Nebezpečná dobrodružství Sally Bannerové ) Prague : Dilia , 1989 8274485 1972 single work musical theatre (taught in 7 units)

Written in Hewett's freewheeling epic style, The Chapel Perilous is a journey play that spans the period between the 1930s and the late 1960s. The story concerns Sally Banner, an over-reacher who attempts to find fulfilment – whether through her gift of poetic expression, through her sexual relationships, or in later years through political activism - and ultimately finds it through self-acceptance. Thematically the play contains the qualities and concerns which are often associated with Hewett's style – female sexuality, questioning of authority and morality, and anarchic tendencies towards structure in both dramatic text and social attitudes.

As Hewett remarks in her 1979 Hecate article: 'Sally is balanced by several symbolic female figures, the "Authority figures" of Headmistress, Anglican teaching "sister", and mother... [along with the] lesbian love figure, Judith, who stands for intellectual control and denial of sensual love' ('Creating Heroines in Australian Plays', p. 77).

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