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y separately published work icon Collected Plays : Volume I selected work   drama  
  • Author:agent Dorothy Hewett http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/hewett-dorothy
Issue Details: First known date: 1992... 1992 Collected Plays : Volume I
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Notes

  • Includes a bibliography of press reviews of three of the plays.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Currency Press , 1992 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
This Old Man Comes Rolling Home, Dorothy Hewett , single work drama

 'A play centred on family life in working-class Redfern in the 1950s which captures the colour, spirit and political character of the inner-city suburb. Hewett who lived in Redfern during the Cold War, wrote that her aim was 'to write of a self-contained world ... with its own language, its own folklore, its own values, it’s own ethos, to write of it with both realism and poetry.'

Source: Australian Plays (https://australianplays.org/script/CP-1289/). (Sighted: 22/02/2018)

(p. 1-73)
Mrs Porter and the Angel, Dorothy Hewett , single work drama

An exploration of the frustrations of domesticity and marriage in the lives of academic women.

(p. 75-126)
The Chapel Perilous, Or, The Perilous Adventures of Sally Banner, Dorothy Hewett , Frank Arndt (composer), Michael Leydon (composer), single work musical theatre

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).

(p. 127-208)
The Tatty Hollow Story, Dorothy Hewett , single work drama

 'No two versions of Tatty are alike in this conjuring of fantasies about an enigmatic, ageless blonde. A black comedy about ageing, faded beauty and accepting eccentricity.'

Source: Australian Plays (https://australianplays.org/script/CP-1291/). (Sighted: 22/02/18)

(p. 209-270)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Untitled Elizabeth Perkins , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , April no. 22 1993; (p. 146-150)

— Review of Collected Plays : Volume I Dorothy Hewett , 1992 selected work drama ; Dorothy Hewett : The Feminine as Subversion Margaret Williams , 1992 single work criticism
From Boilermakers to Aliens - Varied Play Texts Appear Alexandra S. Cromwell , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 7 no. 1 1993; (p. 70-71)

— Review of Too Young for Ghosts Janis Balodis , 1985 single work drama ; Summer of the Aliens Louis Nowra , 1992 single work drama ; Dorothy Hewett : The Feminine as Subversion Margaret Williams , 1992 single work criticism ; Collected Plays : Volume I Dorothy Hewett , 1992 selected work drama ; Siren David Williamson , 1990 single work drama
Reconsidering Dorothy Hewett Carolyn Pickett , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: Meridian , October vol. 11 no. 2 1992; (p. 89-93)

— Review of Dorothy Hewett : The Feminine as Subversion Margaret Williams , 1992 single work criticism ; Collected Plays : Volume I Dorothy Hewett , 1992 selected work drama
Self Expression Paul Kavanagh , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 144 1992; (p. 27-29)

— Review of Collected Plays : Volume I Dorothy Hewett , 1992 selected work drama ; Dorothy Hewett : The Feminine as Subversion Margaret Williams , 1992 single work criticism
Hewett's Portraits of Women: the Power to Shock and Enlighten Veronica Sen , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 29 August 1992; (p. C8)

— Review of Collected Plays : Volume I Dorothy Hewett , 1992 selected work drama ; Dorothy Hewett : The Feminine as Subversion Margaret Williams , 1992 single work criticism
From Boilermakers to Aliens - Varied Play Texts Appear Alexandra S. Cromwell , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 7 no. 1 1993; (p. 70-71)

— Review of Too Young for Ghosts Janis Balodis , 1985 single work drama ; Summer of the Aliens Louis Nowra , 1992 single work drama ; Dorothy Hewett : The Feminine as Subversion Margaret Williams , 1992 single work criticism ; Collected Plays : Volume I Dorothy Hewett , 1992 selected work drama ; Siren David Williamson , 1990 single work drama
Changing Focus Penelope Nelson , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 27-28 June 1992; (p. rev 6)

— Review of Collected Plays : Volume I Dorothy Hewett , 1992 selected work drama
Hewett's Portraits of Women: the Power to Shock and Enlighten Veronica Sen , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 29 August 1992; (p. C8)

— Review of Collected Plays : Volume I Dorothy Hewett , 1992 selected work drama ; Dorothy Hewett : The Feminine as Subversion Margaret Williams , 1992 single work criticism
Self Expression Paul Kavanagh , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 144 1992; (p. 27-29)

— Review of Collected Plays : Volume I Dorothy Hewett , 1992 selected work drama ; Dorothy Hewett : The Feminine as Subversion Margaret Williams , 1992 single work criticism
Untitled Elizabeth Perkins , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , April no. 22 1993; (p. 146-150)

— Review of Collected Plays : Volume I Dorothy Hewett , 1992 selected work drama ; Dorothy Hewett : The Feminine as Subversion Margaret Williams , 1992 single work criticism
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