A rambunctious and unreliable musical odyssey through the life and times of American-born King O'Malley, founding member of the Australian House of Representatives, father of our national capital and advocate for the creation of a national bank.

Jonah is a musical reinvention of Louis Stone's novel. Top End is set in Darwin during the 1975 invasion of East Timor. Lost Weekend takes a class-based look at 'Australianess'. The Floating World is about a serviceman's descent into madness.

Four plays that look at our need to have a special place. This compilation includes Home by PP Cranney, The Yum Yum Room by Stephen House, Crowded House by John Romeril and The Bridge by Chris Thompson.

Miss Tanaka is the beautiful and enigmatic niece of Broome’s former number one pearl diver. Newly arrived from Japan, she captures the hearts of the town's menfolk, but is promised in marriage to two brawling pearl divers. Who will uncover this mysterious young woman's true identity?

White with Wire Wheels (1967) examines the insecurity inherent in male cultural attitudes towards women and cars. Dimboola (1969) is a Rabelaisian account of a country wedding. A Stretch of the Imagination (1971), a monodrama about an outback philosopher, brought us the archetypal Australian character of Monk O'Neill, the lonely misanthropist.

The plays in this volume were landmarks in the development of a rough new all-Australian theatre that celebrated the rude colour of Australian language and mores. It was a period of comedy and satire, but these plays reveal a sharp social criticism at work beneath the larrikinism.

Love Suicides is John Romeril’s homage to the eighteenth century Japanese master playwright, Chikamatsu Monzaemon. In a daring blend of cultures the play plots the destiny of two lovers—one from Osaka, the other from Perth.