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Synopses of thirty plays plus shorter notes on more titles. Also includes two short articles: 'Indigenous Theatre' by Nadine MacDonald and 'Radio Drama in Australia' by Richard Buckman.
Notes
Dedication: Dedicated to Nick Enright.
Contents
* Contents derived from the Hobart,Southeast Tasmania,Tasmania,:Australian Script Centre,2003 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
A conspiracy of characters creates a dream for Rex: he's a Freud oriented psychologist married to an older woman. His older female clients dream about his ravishing them. Another client, a much-abused blind boy claiming to be a prophet, dreams that Rex killed his father and married his mother. Rex tries to reason and interpret his way out of the tangle of situations, but it's the characters who have the upper hand in the therapy. Then, as the tragic truth dawns, daylight blinds Rex to the image of himself, leaving an experience but no memory of what has come to pass.
