Cue the Chorus is a series from Currency Press in association with the Copyright Agency Limited. It features seventeen new critical responses to seventeen classic Australian plays. The series is written by respected Australian playwrights offering insights and personal responses to the work of their peers.
New essays from: Jada Alberts, Van Badham, Hilary Bell, Angela Betzien, Wesley Enoch, John Harding, Tom Holloway, Finegan Kruckemeyer, Linda Jaivin, Andrea James, Noëlle Janaczewska, Kate Mulvany, Roslyn Oades, Hannie Rayson, Melissa Reeves, Stephen Sewell and Alana Valentine.
Plays discussed: Stories in the Dark by Debra Oswald, The Removalists by David Williamson, Away by Michael Gow, Shafana and Aunt Sarrinah by Alana Valentine, The Secret River and Speaking in Tongues by Andrew Bovell, No Sugar by Jack Davis, Do Not Go Gentle and Boy Overboard by Patricia Cornelius, Radiance and Così by Louis Nowra, The Chapel Perilous by Dorothy Hewett, Blackrock by Nick Enright, Hotel Sorrento by Hannie Rayson, Neighborhood Watch by Lally Katz, Norm and Ahmed by Alex Buzo, and The Summer of the Seventeenth Doll by Ray Lawler.
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An Ever-Changing Idiom by Alana Valentine—A response to Summer of the Seventeenth Doll by Ray Lawler
A Youth Presumed by Finegan Krukemeyer—A response to: Blackrock by Nick Enright
In Love With Storytelling by Jada Alberts—A response to: Stories in the Dark by Debra Oswald
The Makings of a Man by John Harding—A response to: No Sugar by Jack Davis
Nation Overboard by Linda Jaivin—A response to: Boy Overboard by Patricia Cornelius
Neighbourhood Katz by Hannie Rayson—A response to: Neighbourhood Watch by Lally Katz
Playing Awkward by Nöelle Janaczewska—A response to: The Chapel Perilous by Dorothy Hewett
Pulling Rabbits Out of Hats by Melissa Reeves—A response to: Speaking in Tongues by Andrew Bovell
Radiant Women on Radiant Country by Andrea James—A response to: Radiance by Louis Nowra
Robin Shall Restore Amends by Hilary Bell—A response to: Away by Michael Gow
Soft Revolution by Angela Betzien—A response to: Shafana and Aunt Sarrinah by Alana Valentine
Still Waters by Wesley Enoch—A response to: The Secret River adapted by Andrew Bovell
Tell Me of Your Rage by Tom Holloway—A response to: Do Not Go Gentle by Patricia Cornelius
The Allure of Madness by Roslyn Oades—A response to: Così by Louis Nowra
The Failed Nationalism of Alex Buzo by Stephen Sewell—A response to: Norm and Ahmed by Alex Buzo
The Unexpected Feminist by Van Badham—A response to: The Removalists by David Williamson
What Goes Around Comes Around by Kate Mulvany—A response to: Hotel Sorrento by Hannie Rayson