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Young artist Phillip's obsession with the sculpture of the perfect woman he has been commissioned to create threatens to jeopardise his relationship with his fiancée Peggy. When the sculpture comes to life, Phillip is forced to evaluate his relationships with Peggy and his creation, the Woman, and his responsibility to them both.
Notes
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Application for copywright registration listed by Mary Isobel Davies (Betty M. Davies) of "Noorilim", Dandenong Road, Armadale, VIC on 25 June, 1928.
Source: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/232532104/25017029
Production Details
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1995: Monash Performing Arts Centre, Clayton campus, Melbourne; 31 August
- Producer: Australian Drama Project
- World premiere performance
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Five Plays by Women
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 179 1996; (p. 52-53)
— Review of The Gap 1995 single work drama ; Feet of Clay 1928 single work drama ; The Lighthouse Keeper's Wife 1922 single work drama ; Delphiniums 1943 single work drama ; Playing the Past : Three Plays by Australian Women 1995 selected work drama ; The History of Water 1995 single work drama -
Repertory Theatre in Australia : Introduction to Playing the Past : Three Plays by Australian Women
1995
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Playing the Past : Three Plays by Australian Women 1995; (p. v-xvii)
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Five Plays by Women
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 179 1996; (p. 52-53)
— Review of The Gap 1995 single work drama ; Feet of Clay 1928 single work drama ; The Lighthouse Keeper's Wife 1922 single work drama ; Delphiniums 1943 single work drama ; Playing the Past : Three Plays by Australian Women 1995 selected work drama ; The History of Water 1995 single work drama -
Repertory Theatre in Australia : Introduction to Playing the Past : Three Plays by Australian Women
1995
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Playing the Past : Three Plays by Australian Women 1995; (p. v-xvii)
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