Conversations with the Dead single work   drama  
Date: 2019
Date: 2017
Date: 2003
Date: 2002
Issue Details: First known date: 2002... 2002 Conversations with the Dead
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Units Teaching this Work

Text Unit Name Institution Year
Conversations with the Dead Richard Frankland , 2002 single work drama (taught in 2 units)
— Appears in: Blak Inside : 6 Indigenous Plays from Victoria 2002; (p. 215-287)

'Jack, a young, ambitious Koorie is juggling the contradictions of working in both black and white worlds. How does he stay true to his cultural responsibilities whilst the justice system he works for fails to understand the pain and rage of his people?

'Conversations with the Dead is Richard Frankland’s response to being an investigator during the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (1987-1991).'

Source: Arts Centre Melbourne (2019 production).

 		Minorities and Majorities in Australian Theatre University of New England 2009
Conversations with the Dead Richard Frankland , 2002 single work drama (taught in 2 units)
— Appears in: Blak Inside : 6 Indigenous Plays from Victoria 2002; (p. 215-287)

'Jack, a young, ambitious Koorie is juggling the contradictions of working in both black and white worlds. How does he stay true to his cultural responsibilities whilst the justice system he works for fails to understand the pain and rage of his people?

'Conversations with the Dead is Richard Frankland’s response to being an investigator during the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (1987-1991).'

Source: Arts Centre Melbourne (2019 production).

 		Minorities and Majorities in Australian Theatre University of New England 2011 (Semester 2)
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