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y separately published work icon Family Values single work   drama  
Date: 2020
Date: 2023
Issue Details: First known date: 2020... 2020 Family Values
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'A celebrated federal judge.

'His son, a born-again Christian.

'His daughter, a Border Force officer.

'Her partner, the captain of a Border Force ship.

'His other daughter, a left-wing activist.

'His wife, who has worked all her life to keep the family together.

'Saba, an asylum seeker on the run from Nauru.

'On the eve of his birthday, is it too much to expect his wife and three children celebrate with him?'

Source: Griffin Theatre Company.

Notes

  •  Dedication: For Kristen, who has been the inspiration for my strongest, most engaging female characters for many decades. 

Production Details

  • Produced by Griffin Theatre Company at the Stables, 17 January to 7 March 2020.

    Director: Lee Lewis.

    Dramaturg: Van Badham.

    Cast includes Andrew McFarlane and Jamie Oxenbould.

    Presented by Queensland Theatre Company, 28 January - 18 February 2023, Bille Brown Theatre.

    Director: Lee Lewis.

    Cast including Peter Kowitz.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 2020
    • Strawberry Hills, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Currency Press , 2020 .
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      Description: illus., ports
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      • Published 16 January 2020
      ISBN: 9781760623128
      Series: Currency Plays Currency Press (publisher), series - publisher
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Works about this Work

Family Values Review : David Williamson’s New Uncomfortable, Confronting Play Ian Maxwell , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 24 January 2020;

'Sophie Fletcher’s set for David Williamson’s new state-of-the-nation play comprises two major elements shoehorned into the intimate, asymmetrical diamond of the Stables Theatre.' (Introduction)
Milestones Rosemary Neill , 2019 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 2 November 2019; (p. 26)

'Celebrating 50 years of QTC, Stables and the people's playwright, David Williamson'
Milestones Rosemary Neill , 2019 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 2 November 2019; (p. 26)

'Celebrating 50 years of QTC, Stables and the people's playwright, David Williamson'
Family Values Review : David Williamson’s New Uncomfortable, Confronting Play Ian Maxwell , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 24 January 2020;

'Sophie Fletcher’s set for David Williamson’s new state-of-the-nation play comprises two major elements shoehorned into the intimate, asymmetrical diamond of the Stables Theatre.' (Introduction)
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