Wahngin Country single work   drama   musical theatre  
Issue Details: First known date: 1993... 1993 Wahngin Country
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

'Wahngin Country developed from conversations between Davis and Andrew Ross...Davis would regale Ross with stories of the time he spent working for an Aboriginal organisation based in Beaufort Street in Perth...Wahngin Country is a document of life around that square of East Perth at that time.' (Casey, Creating Frames. p 259) (Source: AusStage website)

Production Details

  • First performed at The Sunken Garden, Crawley, Western Australia at the Festival of Perth on 19 February - 8 March 1992.

  • CAST: Stephen Albert

    DESIGNER: Steve Nolan

    MUSICIAN: Derek Local

    PRODUCTION COMPANY: Black Swan Theatre Company

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

`Talking Country' : Place and Displacement in Jack Davis's Theatre Helen Gilbert , 1994 single work criticism
— Appears in: Jack Davis : The Maker of History 1994; (p. 60-71)
`The Real Australian Story': An Interview with Jack Davis Adam Shoemaker (interviewer), 1994 single work interview
— Appears in: Jack Davis : The Maker of History 1994; (p. 22-47)
`The Maker of History': Jack Davis - An Introduction Gerry Turcotte , 1994 single work criticism
— Appears in: Jack Davis : The Maker of History 1994; (p. 1-15)
Festival of Perth 1992 Phillip MacKenzie , 1992 single work criticism
— Appears in: Muse , April no. 107 1992; (p. 21-22)
Black Stars Risen in the West Victoria Laurie , 1992 single work biography
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 18 February vol. 113 no. 5807 1992; (p. 41-42)
Davis Fails to Hit the Mark in Latest Work Geoff Gibbs , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 21 February 1992; (p. 33)

— Review of Wahngin Country Jack Davis , 1993 single work drama musical theatre
Wicked Old Girls Ann Collett , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 3 March vol. 113 no. 5809 1992; (p. 105-106)

— Review of Wahngin Country Jack Davis , 1993 single work drama musical theatre ; Sistergirl Sally Morgan , David Milroy , 1992 single work drama
Black Plays with Echoes of a Brutal Past Leonard Radic , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 25 February 1992; (p. 12)

— Review of Wahngin Country Jack Davis , 1993 single work drama musical theatre ; Sistergirl Sally Morgan , David Milroy , 1992 single work drama
The Past is Present on a City Park Bench Alison Farmer , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 26 February 1992; (p. 12)

— Review of Wahngin Country Jack Davis , 1993 single work drama musical theatre
Centre Stage and Talking Back Rachel Fensham , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: Modern Times , May no. 3 1992; (p. 25-26)

— Review of Wahngin Country Jack Davis , 1993 single work drama musical theatre ; Sistergirl Sally Morgan , David Milroy , 1992 single work drama
Festival of Perth 1992 Phillip MacKenzie , 1992 single work criticism
— Appears in: Muse , April no. 107 1992; (p. 21-22)
A Lesson in Irony from the City's Back Door Ron Banks , 1992 single work criticism
— Appears in: The West Australian , 13 February 1992; (p. 48)
Chapter and Verse on Life from a Perth Park Bench Alison Farmer , 1991 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 30 November - 1 December 1991; (p. rev 9)
`The Maker of History': Jack Davis - An Introduction Gerry Turcotte , 1994 single work criticism
— Appears in: Jack Davis : The Maker of History 1994; (p. 1-15)
`The Real Australian Story': An Interview with Jack Davis Adam Shoemaker (interviewer), 1994 single work interview
— Appears in: Jack Davis : The Maker of History 1994; (p. 22-47)
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