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Issue Details: First known date: 2004... 2004 Unspoken
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

"Unspoken" is a 50 minute one-woman show about family, disability, love and loss, written and performed by Rebecca Clarke. When Clarke was a teenager her only brother was born severely handicapped and this play explores that unique relationship. Beautifully crafted and rich in poetic imagery, this honest and deeply poignant piece of theatre takes the audience on a heart warming journey inside a young woman's soul, mind and heart. "Unspoken" is a refreshingly honest coming of age tale that combines poetic language and music and film to express a brave heart's tender voice.

(Source: Booktopia)

Notes

  • Monologue.

Affiliation Notes

  • Writing Disability in Australia:

    Type of disability Cerebral palsy.
    Type of character Primary.
    Point of view First person.

Production Details

  • First reading of 'Unspoken' at the Old Fitzroy Theatre in 2004.
  • Produced at the Old Fitzroy Theatre in a double bill with Victoria Thaine's 'Jumping and All That' 22 April - 14 May 2005. Season directed by Wayne Blair.
  • Broadcast on ABC Radio National's Airplay on 2 December 2007.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 2004
    • Strawberry Hills, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Currency Press , 2006 .
      Extent: viii, 43p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Includes notes from the author and from the director of the first performance.
      ISBN: 0868197904

Works about this Work

Engaging Experience Frank McKone , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 8 November 2008; (p. 13)

— Review of Unspoken Rebecca Clarke , 2004 single work drama
Reviews Jasna Novakovic , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , October no. 51 2007; (p. 133-136)

— Review of Unspoken Rebecca Clarke , 2004 single work drama
Say, Big Sister, Them's Fighting Words Murray Bramwell , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 7 July 2006; (p. 16)

— Review of Unspoken Rebecca Clarke , 2004 single work drama
Teen Dreams and Wasted Daze Stephen Dunne , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 23-24 April 2005; (p. 18)

— Review of Jumping and All That Victoria Thaine , 2002 single work drama ; Unspoken Rebecca Clarke , 2004 single work drama
Teen Dreams and Wasted Daze Stephen Dunne , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 23-24 April 2005; (p. 18)

— Review of Jumping and All That Victoria Thaine , 2002 single work drama ; Unspoken Rebecca Clarke , 2004 single work drama
Reviews Jasna Novakovic , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , October no. 51 2007; (p. 133-136)

— Review of Unspoken Rebecca Clarke , 2004 single work drama
Say, Big Sister, Them's Fighting Words Murray Bramwell , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 7 July 2006; (p. 16)

— Review of Unspoken Rebecca Clarke , 2004 single work drama
Engaging Experience Frank McKone , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 8 November 2008; (p. 13)

— Review of Unspoken Rebecca Clarke , 2004 single work drama
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