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'A terrified 12-year-old boy finds himself separated from his family in the unfamiliar streets of a war torn city. Dodging sniper fire and mortar shells he takes refuge in a bombed-out house and in the total blackness his bravado crumbles into tears.
'Into his life steps Anna - older, street smart and scornful of his crying. As a way of shutting the boy up, she starts to tell him a story that she vaguely remembers from her own childhood. And so begins a journey into the shifting, shimmering world of ogres, princes, singing bones, foolish lads and wolf-mothers.'
Source: Riverside Parramatta website, http://www.riversideparramatta.com.au
Sighted: 10/04/2007
Production Details
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World premiere produced at Riverside Parramatta, Sydney, 30 April - 12 May 2007. Season directed by Tim Jones.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Strawberry Hills,
Inner Sydney,
Sydney,
New South Wales,:Currency Press
, 2008 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Director's Note, single work criticism (p. vii-viii)
- Playwright's Note, single work criticism (p. ix-xi)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Playwright's Note
2008
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Stories in the Dark 2008; (p. ix-xi) -
Director's Note
2008
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Stories in the Dark 2008; (p. vii-viii) -
'Lost Dog' Has Its Day
2008
single work
column
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , July vol. 88 no. 1 2008; (p. 8) -
Young Actors Reveal the Horror of War but There's More to the Story
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 5-6 May 2007; (p. 27)
— Review of Stories in the Dark 2007 single work drama
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Young Actors Reveal the Horror of War but There's More to the Story
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 5-6 May 2007; (p. 27)
— Review of Stories in the Dark 2007 single work drama -
'Lost Dog' Has Its Day
2008
single work
column
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , July vol. 88 no. 1 2008; (p. 8) -
Director's Note
2008
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Stories in the Dark 2008; (p. vii-viii) -
Playwright's Note
2008
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Stories in the Dark 2008; (p. ix-xi)
Awards
- 2008 winner AWGIE Awards — Stage Award — Theatre for Young People
- 2008 winner New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting
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