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Issue Details: First known date: 1994... 1994 The Family
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

Sarah, newly appointed to internal investigations, is an intelligent and principled graduate policewoman. She soon uncovers a long-buried case that implicates her police officer father as an accessory to police corruption. Thirty five years of denial and guilt have left heavy scars beneath the skin of the family and she has to decide whether to pursue an investigation that will bring disgrace upon her father and possibly destroy her mother. (Publisher's blurb, back cover).

Notes

  • ...In 1989 the Fitzgerald Inquiry had ended, leaving the populace not exactly surprised but sobered by the fact that their worst fears, the rumours and talk of years had finally been confirmed....I thought of exploring the dilemma of a clever well-educated policewoman, married to a policeman, having to decide whether to go ahead and investigate her father.... 'A Jigsaw Puzzle' by Jill Shearer (pp.7-8).

Production Details

  • First produced by the Queensland Theatre Co. at the Cremorne Theatre, Brisbane, 9 June 1994.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 1994

Works about this Work

Theatre John McCallum , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 24 May 1996; (p. 18)

— Review of The Family Jill Shearer , 1994 single work drama
Corruption from the Inside James Waites , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 21 May 1996; (p. 12)

— Review of The Family Jill Shearer , 1994 single work drama
Untitled Veronica Kelly , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , October no. 29 1996; (p. 223-227)

— Review of The Family Jill Shearer , 1994 single work drama ; Composing Venus Elaine Acworth , 1995 single work drama
And Two More Plays by Women Michael Veitch , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 179 1996; (p. 54)

— Review of The Family Jill Shearer , 1994 single work drama ; Composing Venus Elaine Acworth , 1995 single work drama
Untitled Rodney Wissler , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Imago : New Writing , Summer vol. 8 no. 3 1996; (p. 132-136)

— Review of The Gap Anna Broinowski , 1995 single work drama ; Composing Venus Elaine Acworth , 1995 single work drama ; The Family Jill Shearer , 1994 single work drama ; The History of Water Noëlle Janaczewska , 1995 single work drama
Untitled Rodney Wissler , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Imago : New Writing , Summer vol. 8 no. 3 1996; (p. 132-136)

— Review of The Gap Anna Broinowski , 1995 single work drama ; Composing Venus Elaine Acworth , 1995 single work drama ; The Family Jill Shearer , 1994 single work drama ; The History of Water Noëlle Janaczewska , 1995 single work drama
And Two More Plays by Women Michael Veitch , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 179 1996; (p. 54)

— Review of The Family Jill Shearer , 1994 single work drama ; Composing Venus Elaine Acworth , 1995 single work drama
Untitled Veronica Kelly , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , October no. 29 1996; (p. 223-227)

— Review of The Family Jill Shearer , 1994 single work drama ; Composing Venus Elaine Acworth , 1995 single work drama
Play Out on a Limb Des Partridge , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 11 June 1994; (p. 12)

— Review of The Family Jill Shearer , 1994 single work drama
Torn Between Whore, Madonna and Mates Sue Gough , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 5 July vol. 116 no. 5927 1994; (p. 82-83)

— Review of The Family Jill Shearer , 1994 single work drama
Talking Point : Jill Shearer Liz Johnston , 1996 single work biography
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 25 May 1996; (p. wkd 2)
Family Values Angela Bennie , 1996 single work column biography
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 18 May 1996; (p. 13s)
Last amended 3 Oct 2007 13:35:35
Settings:
  • Brisbane, Queensland,
  • 1990s
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