The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.
Latest Issues
AbstractHistoryArchive Description
Margaret Williams argues that 'the greatest single factor in setting Australian playwrights free to explore the dramatic possibilities of their own society has been the decline of naturalism, particularly of the well-made naturalistic play' (308). She comments on recent plays, especially by Jack Hibberd, Alex Buzo and David Williamson, suggesting that they each 'make imaginative use of the social ritual and verbal cliches of Australian society to explore insecurity and inadequacy behind their defensive facades (310)'.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Last amended 29 Jan 2015 14:38:13
209-216
Mask and Cage: Stereotype in Recent Drama
* Subscription service. Check your library.
Subjects:
- The Front Room Boys : A Play in Twelve Scenes 1969 single work drama
- Rooted 1969 single work drama
- White with Wire Wheels 1967 single work drama
- A Stretch of the Imagination 1971 single work drama
- The Removalists 1971 single work drama
- Don's Party 1971 single work drama
- 1970s
Export this record
