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'"Image in the Clay highlights the social and cultural distances between Aboriginal and white society in Australia. It centres on the home-coming of Gordon, a black who has left his small country town and his family to work in the city. Gordon's family members have pinned their anxious hopes on him, though they themselves are destined for a life of poverty and instability as outcasts in their own country.' (Publication summary)
Notes
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Sound recording and braille editions available.
Production Details
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First produced at the Pocket Playhouse, Sydenham, NSW, 12 May 1960 under the original title, Heirs of the Dead Heart.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Victim's Portrayal in Image in the Clay
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Empowering and Disempowering Indigenes : Staging Australian Aboriginal Experience 2010; (p. 250-259) -
Inheritors of the Dead Heart : Magical realism in 'These People' and 'Falling Petals' by Ben Ellis.
2006
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , April no. 48 2006; (p. 189-202) -
The Cassius Syndrome
1964
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October vol. 3 no. 12 1964; (p. 251)
— Review of Image in the Clay 1958 single work drama -
[Review] Image in the Clay
1960
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 25 May vol. 81 no. 4189 1960; (p. 24-25)
— Review of Image in the Clay 1958 single work drama
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[Review] Image in the Clay
1960
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 25 May vol. 81 no. 4189 1960; (p. 24-25)
— Review of Image in the Clay 1958 single work drama -
The Cassius Syndrome
1964
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October vol. 3 no. 12 1964; (p. 251)
— Review of Image in the Clay 1958 single work drama -
Inheritors of the Dead Heart : Magical realism in 'These People' and 'Falling Petals' by Ben Ellis.
2006
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , April no. 48 2006; (p. 189-202) -
Victim's Portrayal in Image in the Clay
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Empowering and Disempowering Indigenes : Staging Australian Aboriginal Experience 2010; (p. 250-259)
Awards
Last amended 4 Apr 2019 13:16:29
Subjects:
- Country towns,
- New South Wales,
Settings:
- 1950s
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