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Notes
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Vietnamese title lacking accents.
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The radio adaptation was shortlisted for the 1994 NSW State Literary Awards and at the 1995 Berlin Prix Futura.
Production Details
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First performed at the Wharf Studio, Sydney, 3 June 1992. Also produced in London (1994), Canada (1995), and ABC Radio (1994).
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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'Homescapes' and Identity Reformations in Australian Multicultural Drama
2001
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Theatre Research International , vol. 26 no. 1 2001; (p. 47-59) A consideration of identity formation in contemporary Australian multicultural theatre is offered through a re-assessment of the unsettled (and unsettling) constructions of Australia as 'home' in the work of three playwrights. William Yang's Sadness disrupts a localized perception of home, space, and cultural communities to amalgamate two disparate communities (the queer/homosexual community in Sydney and the Asian-Australian, or 'Austasian' community) into a reconfigured Australian identity. Janis Balodis's The Ghosts Trilogy uses many actors who play across the unsettled lines of history, amid numerous voices, homes, and homelands that indicate the enormity of what 'Australia' comes to signify. Noëlle Janaczewska's The History of Water constructs a way of locating the self by means of a metaphoric home as each character establishes herself on a psychic plane rather than choosing the strictly physical locations to which she has access. In their interrogations of home and homeland, these plays challenge assumptions regarding identity, disrupt notions of the ultimate ownership of land/culture by anyone, and problematize the idea of settlement as it is currently articulated in Australia. -
Eat the Table
1996
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Telling Time : Papers, Perfomances and Images from Playworks Playing with Time Festival Held at the Wharf Theatre, Sydney 13-15 October 1995 1996; (p. 57-71) Janaczewska discusses her writing of the works listed above. -
Untitled
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: Imago : New Writing , Summer vol. 8 no. 3 1996; (p. 132-136)
— Review of The Gap 1995 single work drama ; Composing Venus 1995 single work drama ; The Family 1994 single work drama ; The History of Water 1995 single work drama -
Five Plays by Women
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 179 1996; (p. 52-53)
— Review of The Gap 1995 single work drama ; Feet of Clay 1928 single work drama ; The Lighthouse Keeper's Wife 1922 single work drama ; Delphiniums 1943 single work drama ; Playing the Past : Three Plays by Australian Women 1995 selected work drama ; The History of Water 1995 single work drama -
Waterlogged Philosophies
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 5 June 1992; (p. 18)
— Review of The History of Water 1995 single work drama
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Five Plays by Women
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 179 1996; (p. 52-53)
— Review of The Gap 1995 single work drama ; Feet of Clay 1928 single work drama ; The Lighthouse Keeper's Wife 1922 single work drama ; Delphiniums 1943 single work drama ; Playing the Past : Three Plays by Australian Women 1995 selected work drama ; The History of Water 1995 single work drama -
Untitled
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: Imago : New Writing , Summer vol. 8 no. 3 1996; (p. 132-136)
— Review of The Gap 1995 single work drama ; Composing Venus 1995 single work drama ; The Family 1994 single work drama ; The History of Water 1995 single work drama -
Monsoon and Desert Fail to Mesh
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 5 June 1992; (p. 14)
— Review of The History of Water 1995 single work drama -
Waterlogged Philosophies
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 5 June 1992; (p. 18)
— Review of The History of Water 1995 single work drama -
'Homescapes' and Identity Reformations in Australian Multicultural Drama
2001
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Theatre Research International , vol. 26 no. 1 2001; (p. 47-59) A consideration of identity formation in contemporary Australian multicultural theatre is offered through a re-assessment of the unsettled (and unsettling) constructions of Australia as 'home' in the work of three playwrights. William Yang's Sadness disrupts a localized perception of home, space, and cultural communities to amalgamate two disparate communities (the queer/homosexual community in Sydney and the Asian-Australian, or 'Austasian' community) into a reconfigured Australian identity. Janis Balodis's The Ghosts Trilogy uses many actors who play across the unsettled lines of history, amid numerous voices, homes, and homelands that indicate the enormity of what 'Australia' comes to signify. Noëlle Janaczewska's The History of Water constructs a way of locating the self by means of a metaphoric home as each character establishes herself on a psychic plane rather than choosing the strictly physical locations to which she has access. In their interrogations of home and homeland, these plays challenge assumptions regarding identity, disrupt notions of the ultimate ownership of land/culture by anyone, and problematize the idea of settlement as it is currently articulated in Australia. -
Eat the Table
1996
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Telling Time : Papers, Perfomances and Images from Playworks Playing with Time Festival Held at the Wharf Theatre, Sydney 13-15 October 1995 1996; (p. 57-71) Janaczewska discusses her writing of the works listed above.
Awards
- 1994 winner London New Play Festival Award
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