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First produced by the Melbourne Theatre Co., Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne, 2 December 1975. First performed with Other Times and Summer of the Seventeenth Doll as The Doll Trilogy at the Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne on 12 February 1977.
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Other Formats
- Also braille, sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Australia and China at 50 : The New Wave Theatre and the Drama of Cultural Exchange
2022
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , vol. 46 no. 4 2022; (p. 482-495)'2022 marks the 50th anniversary of the opening up of relations between Australia and the People’s Republic of China. When he became prime minister in 1972, Gough Whitlam sent the first ambassador to China (Dr Stephen Fitzgerald), and in his term of office established support for artists’ exchanges from the Australia Council. The Australian Ballet visited China in 1980, the first major ballet company to tour since the Cultural Revolution. The touring of China by Australian theatre, opera and dance companies has flourished since then, particularly over the last decade, and Australian spoken-word drama has featured in the relationship between the two countries since 1983. Since the 1980s, the work of the New Wave dramatists has captured the interest of Chinese audiences over a sustained period beyond the years of the New Wave itself. The theatre has, in some respects, provided a respite from the rigours of realpolitik and most importantly a means of genuine interaction between ordinary Australians and Chinese citizens who make up the audiences. This article documents the take-up of the New Wave drama in China, and the legacy of the relationships created in this formative period of Australian theatre in its international context.' (Publication abstract)
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Upping the Stakes with the First of a Trilogy
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 18 February 1996; (p. 7)
— Review of Kid Stakes 1975 single work drama -
The Summer Innocence was Lost
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 15 February 1996; (p. 15)
— Review of Kid Stakes 1975 single work drama -
Sparkling Revival of 'Kidstakes'
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Jewish News , 1 March vol. 62 no. 22 1996; (p. 29)
— Review of Kid Stakes 1975 single work drama -
Robyn's Splendid Kid
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 16 February 1996; (p. A17)
— Review of Kid Stakes 1975 single work drama
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Untitled
1975
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 12 December 1975; (p. 7)
— Review of Kid Stakes 1975 single work drama -
...And Now - It's the Summer of the First Doll
1975
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 15 November 1975; (p. 17)
— Review of Kid Stakes 1975 single work drama -
Untitled
1976
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 16 September 1976; (p. 17)
— Review of Kid Stakes 1975 single work drama -
Sixteen Dolls Too Soon
1976
single work
review
— Appears in: Nation Review , 12 March 1976; (p. 551)
— Review of Kid Stakes 1975 single work drama -
Playing for High Stakes
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 29 September 1989; (p. metro 25)
— Review of Kid Stakes 1975 single work drama -
Ray Lawler
Jennifer Palmer
(interviewer),
1979
single work
interview
— Appears in: Contemporary Australian Playwrights 1979; (p. 36-53) -
A Stake in Our Past
1996
single work
column
— Appears in: The Age , 12 February 1996; (p. A16) -
Ray Lawler
1979
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: After 'The Doll' : Australian Drama Since 1955 1979; (p. 19-33) -
Ray Lawler
Dagmar Strauss
(interviewer),
1990
single work
interview
— Appears in: Facing Writers : Australia's Leading Writers Talk with Dagmar Strauss 1990; (p. 103-113) -
Growing Up in Australia
1978
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Summer of the Seventeenth Doll 1978; (p. ix-xxii)
- Melbourne, Victoria,
- 1930s