'A storm shakes the Gleason homestead, but it's the tempest inside that spells the family's end. 25 years after its premiere, Stephen Sewell's portrait of a monstrous patriarch who would be the country's king remains startlingly relevant. An uncanny sense of regression hangs over an all-too-familiar portrait of Australian politics in which power, fear and violence are inextricable.'
Source: Malthouse Theatre (2013 season).
First produced by the Playbox Theatre Co. and the Belvoir Street Theatre Co., Company B, at the Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney, 19 November 1988.
Later produced at Studio Theatre, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne, 1989.
Produced by Malthouse Theatre at the Merlyn Theatre, 20 February to 8 March 2013.
Director: Marion Potts.
Set and Costume Designer: Dayna Morrissey.
Lighting Designer: Paul Jackson.
Sound Designer: Russell Goldsmith.
Cast including William Zappa.
