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'Two private school girls are missing in Melbourne’s hinterland. The clock is ticking, the search is on. The one clue is 15-year-old Vivienne. Beguiling, quick-witted, provocative, she won’t give up her secrets easily. What exactly will the police uncover?
'Award-winning playwright Angela Betzien (an STC Patrick White Playwrights’ Fellow) has created a tense, tantalising crime thriller that reveals the mysterious underbelly of a privileged world.'
Source: Sydney Theatre Company 2016 program.
Production Details
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Premiered as part of Sydney Theatre Company's 2016 season: 28 July - 10 September 2016.
Director: Sarah Goodes.
Designer: Elizabeth Gadsby.
Lighting Designer: Nicholas Rayment.
Composer & Sound Designer: Steve Francis.
Cast including Luke Carroll, Ashleigh Cummings, and Genevieve Lemon.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Thriller Echoes Our Anxieties
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 8 August 2016; (p. 14)
— Review of The Hanging 2016 single work drama -
The Hanging Review : Gripping Performances Bring Taut Thriller to Life
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Brisbane Times , 3 August 2016;
— Review of The Hanging 2016 single work drama 'Drawing on the tropes of gothic fiction and the psychology of adolescent transition, Angela Betzien's new play begins with a vanishing. ...' -
Performances Bring Taut Thriller to Life
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 4 August 2016; (p. 18)
— Review of The Hanging 2016 single work drama
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Performances Bring Taut Thriller to Life
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 4 August 2016; (p. 18)
— Review of The Hanging 2016 single work drama -
The Hanging Review : Gripping Performances Bring Taut Thriller to Life
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Brisbane Times , 3 August 2016;
— Review of The Hanging 2016 single work drama 'Drawing on the tropes of gothic fiction and the psychology of adolescent transition, Angela Betzien's new play begins with a vanishing. ...' -
Thriller Echoes Our Anxieties
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 8 August 2016; (p. 14)
— Review of The Hanging 2016 single work drama
Awards
- 2017 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting
- 2016 shortlisted Sydney Theatre Awards — Best New Australian Work
- 2016 shortlisted Sydney Theatre Awards — Best Mainstage Production