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Notes
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Dedication: To My Friends Anna Russell, Liam Wagner and Elaine Wilkinson In memory of Werner Heisenberg
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Epigraph: The cities they are broke in half, / The middle-men are gone. Leonard Cohen.
Production Details
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First produced at the Nimrod Theatre, Sydney, 27 January 1982.
Produced by the State Theatre Company of South Australia at the Queen's Theatre, 20 September - 6 October 2018.
Director: Charles Sanders.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Welcome the Bright World Shines a Light on the 'intelligence State'
2018
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— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , September 2018;'A play from 1982 whose subject matter includes science and political interference, truth and identity politics is today more relevant than ever, according to its director.'
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The Melodrama of Defeat: Political Patterns in Some Colonial and Contemporary Australian Plays
1990
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criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , June vol. 50 no. 2 1990; (p. 131-143) The AustLit Anthology of Criticism 2010; (p. 20) -
'What the Bomb Does to Our Minds' : Sewell's 'Welcome the Bright World' and Brenton's 'The Genius'
1989
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , April no. 14 1989; (p. 19-32) -
Some Contemporary Developments in Australian Drama: Louis Nowra and Stephen Sewell
1983
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criticism
— Appears in: Australian Papers : Yugoslavia, Europe and Australia 1983; (p. 183-189) -
The Twilight of the Bourgeoisie
1982
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 29 January 1982; (p. 8) A Leader of His Craft : Theatre Reviews by H. G. Kippax 2004; (p. 248-250)
— Review of Welcome the Bright World 1982 single work drama
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The Twilight of the Bourgeoisie
1982
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 29 January 1982; (p. 8) A Leader of His Craft : Theatre Reviews by H. G. Kippax 2004; (p. 248-250)
— Review of Welcome the Bright World 1982 single work drama -
A Play to Launch a New Era
1982
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 9 February vol. 102 no. 5300 1982; (p. 63)
— Review of Welcome the Bright World 1982 single work drama -
Some Contemporary Developments in Australian Drama: Louis Nowra and Stephen Sewell
1983
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Papers : Yugoslavia, Europe and Australia 1983; (p. 183-189) -
The Melodrama of Defeat: Political Patterns in Some Colonial and Contemporary Australian Plays
1990
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , June vol. 50 no. 2 1990; (p. 131-143) The AustLit Anthology of Criticism 2010; (p. 20) -
'What the Bomb Does to Our Minds' : Sewell's 'Welcome the Bright World' and Brenton's 'The Genius'
1989
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , April no. 14 1989; (p. 19-32) -
Welcome the Bright World Shines a Light on the 'intelligence State'
2018
single work
column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , September 2018;'A play from 1982 whose subject matter includes science and political interference, truth and identity politics is today more relevant than ever, according to its director.'
Awards
- 1983 winner AWGIE Awards — Stage Award
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