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Issue Details: First known date: 1990... 1990 Wallflowering
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Production Details

  • First produced by the Canberra Theatre Company, 1989. Workshopped during 1988 National Playwrights' Conference. Also produced by the Hole in the Wall Theatre, Perth, 1990, numerous other Australian centres, in the UK and NZ.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

      1990 .
      Extent: 42 leavesp.
      Description: Typescript (photocopy).
      (Manuscript) assertion
      Note/s:
      • Copyright note and author's address on title page.
      • Revised text, January 1990.

      Holdings

      Held at: University of Queensland University of Queensland Library Fryer Library
      Local Id: H1218
    • Paddington, Kings Cross area, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Currency Press , 1992 .
      Extent: xi, 68p.p.
      Description: illus., ports

Other Formats

  • Also sound recording.

Works about this Work

The Flower and the Frame : On Transplanting an Heirloom Play into Fresh Ground Jane Woollard , Peta Murray , 2024 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , April no. 84 2024; (p. 190-220)

'Peta Murray wrote 'Wallflowering' in 1988, a period in Australian playwriting identified by Geoff Milne as the 'Third Wave' of Australian theatre, a period he defines as 'loosely spanning the years from 1979 to about 1991'. Milne notes that Third Wave theatre challenged dominant paradigms, 'taking the theatre away from the proscenium arch, diversifying the established stage voice with those of Indigenous and multicultural Australia, women, and regional Australians. Orthodox spoken-word drama began to cede ground to other forms like physical theatre and new circus, visual theatre and puppetry, and contemporary performance.' 'Wallflowering' is very much of its time. In it, Murray explored the world of ballroom dancing, and the place of the individual within its conventions. With its embedded narratives of metamorphoses, and its aspirations to grace and beauty, the lore and culture of ballroom allowed for close examination of idealised tropes of femininity and masculinity within twentieth-century codes.'  (Publication abstract)

The Weight of the Unspoken Rebecca Lancashire , 2000 single work biography
— Appears in: The Age , 4 November 2000; (p. 3)
Recent Australian Women's Writing for the Stage Helen Thomson , 1998 single work criticism
— Appears in: Our Australian Theatre in the 1990s 1998; (p. 104-116)
Helen Thomson surveys Australian women's writing for the stage, from 1970 to the 1990s, illustrating the diversity of feminist concerns and the forms these take in performances.
'Depth Receptivity' : Peta Murray Carolyn Pickett (interviewer), 1997 single work interview
— Appears in: Performing Women/ Performing Feminisms : Interviews with International Women Playwrights 1997; (p. 59-62)
Strictly Sparkling Peter Goers , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 7 March 1995; (p. 35)

— Review of Wallflowering Peta Murray , 1990 single work drama
Untitled Helen Thomson , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , April no. 22 1993; (p. 128-130)

— Review of Wolf : A Dedication to Priapus Tobsha Learner , 1992 single work drama ; Wallflowering Peta Murray , 1990 single work drama
Partners Waltz Past the Drama Rosemary Neill , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 18 September 1989; (p. 12)

— Review of Wallflowering Peta Murray , 1990 single work drama
Reviews Kate Callas , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: Muse , June no. 78 1989; (p. 18-19)

— Review of Wallflowering Peta Murray , 1990 single work drama
Visual Impact and some Self Discovery in `Wallflowering' Robert Hefner , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 28 May 1989; (p. 20)

— Review of Wallflowering Peta Murray , 1990 single work drama
Delicate Two-Step Misses the Beat Rosemary Neill , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 6 June 1990; (p. 12)

— Review of Wallflowering Peta Murray , 1990 single work drama
'Depth Receptivity' : Peta Murray Carolyn Pickett (interviewer), 1997 single work interview
— Appears in: Performing Women/ Performing Feminisms : Interviews with International Women Playwrights 1997; (p. 59-62)
Recent Australian Women's Writing for the Stage Helen Thomson , 1998 single work criticism
— Appears in: Our Australian Theatre in the 1990s 1998; (p. 104-116)
Helen Thomson surveys Australian women's writing for the stage, from 1970 to the 1990s, illustrating the diversity of feminist concerns and the forms these take in performances.
Looking Back : Autumn Reading at Knopwoods on 21 March - Beverley Farmer, Stephanie Dowrick, Peta Murray Denise Brown , 1990 single work criticism
— Appears in: Tasmanian Writers Union Newsletter , June vol. 10 no. 4 1990; (p. 5-6)
Playwright No Stage Wallflower Any More 1990 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Saturday Mercury , 17 March 1990; (p. 12)
Playwright's Trauma of Waiting for First Laugh 1990 single work interview
— Appears in: The Mercury , 22 March 1990; (p. 26)
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