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'A small group of friends in Melbourne – some local, some survivors from the US Navy – are living out their eerily prosaic lives and loves in the wake of World War III. But when a mysterious distress call rings out across the Pacific Ocean, the characters are called to choose between duty to the ones they love and duty to the human race.'
Source: Sydney Theatre Company.
Production Details
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World premiere (and commissioned by) Sydney Theatre Company at Roslyn Packer Theatre, 18 July - 12 August 2023.
Director: Kip Williams.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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I Can’t Imagine Anybody Would Come Out of On The Beach and Not Hold Their Loved Ones Just That Little Bit Closer
2023
single work
review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 24 July 2023;
— Review of On the Beach 2023 single work drama'When Nevil Shute wrote his 1957 novel On the Beach, the world was emerging from the devastation of the second world war to confront new fears.'
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‘This Is the Way the World Ends’ : Nevil Shute’s On the Beach Warned Us of Nuclear Annihilation. It’s Still a Hot-button Issue
2023
single work
essay
— Appears in: The Conversation , 19 July 2023; ABC News [Online] , July 2023;
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I Can’t Imagine Anybody Would Come Out of On The Beach and Not Hold Their Loved Ones Just That Little Bit Closer
2023
single work
review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 24 July 2023;
— Review of On the Beach 2023 single work drama'When Nevil Shute wrote his 1957 novel On the Beach, the world was emerging from the devastation of the second world war to confront new fears.'
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‘This Is the Way the World Ends’ : Nevil Shute’s On the Beach Warned Us of Nuclear Annihilation. It’s Still a Hot-button Issue
2023
single work
essay
— Appears in: The Conversation , 19 July 2023; ABC News [Online] , July 2023;
Awards
- Melbourne, Victoria,
