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The play is based on the actual disappearance of a naval patrol vessel in World War II. Rather than focusing on the explosion itself, the play uses the backdrop of wartime tensions and violent behaviour to explore human nature, sexuality, authority, religion, acts of violence and distorted love.
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Epigraph: How sleep the brave, who sink to rest,/By all their country's wishes blest! - William Collins (Ode written in 1746).
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First produced by the Ensemble at the Stables Theatre, Sydney, during the Festival of Sydney, 2 January 1979. Director: Stanley Walsh.
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