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y separately published work icon The Hanging single work   drama   mystery   thriller   crime   - 1 hour, 30 min.
Issue Details: First known date: 2016... 2016 The Hanging
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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.

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Production Details

  • 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

First known date: 2016
    • Strawberry Hills, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Currency Press , 2017 .
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      • Published: 1st May 2017
         

      ISBN: 9781760620509

Works about this Work

Thriller Echoes Our Anxieties John McCallum , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 8 August 2016; (p. 14)

— Review of The Hanging Angela Betzien , 2016 single work drama
The Hanging Review : Gripping Performances Bring Taut Thriller to Life Jason Blake , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Brisbane Times , 3 August 2016;

— Review of The Hanging Angela Betzien , 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 Jason Blake , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 4 August 2016; (p. 18)

— Review of The Hanging Angela Betzien , 2016 single work drama
Performances Bring Taut Thriller to Life Jason Blake , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 4 August 2016; (p. 18)

— Review of The Hanging Angela Betzien , 2016 single work drama
The Hanging Review : Gripping Performances Bring Taut Thriller to Life Jason Blake , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Brisbane Times , 3 August 2016;

— Review of The Hanging Angela Betzien , 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 John McCallum , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 8 August 2016; (p. 14)

— Review of The Hanging Angela Betzien , 2016 single work drama
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