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The Governor's Family single work   drama  
Issue Details: First known date: 1997... 1997 The Governor's Family
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'The Governor's family is a fictitious family in New South Wales in the late 19th century, at a time when a number of white men were facing execution for the rape of an Aboriginal girl. The play reveals the tensions between the Governor and his wife, and their two children - between values of the European past and the new world of the colony. It also reveals the contrast between the Governor's public face and his private life.'

Source: Australian Plays Transform https://apt.org.au/script/PHX-5

Production Details

  • First produced at Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney, New South Wales, by Company B Belvoir on 1 May 1997. Directed by Neil Armfield.

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First known date: 1997
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Works about this Work

Violating the Past : Beatrix Christian Laura Ginters , 2005 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Dolls' Revolution : Australian Theatre and Cultural Imagination 2005; (p. 238-284)
Australian Gothic Drama : Mapping a Nation's Trauma from Convicts to the Stolen Generation Stephen Carleton , 2015 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , June no. 66 2015; (p. 11-39)
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