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Peter George, charismatic academic, idealist, lover of life, is dead. His wife, two ex-wives and daughter gather for his funeral. As the true nature of the man and his life unfolds, so these women discover much about themselves and the lives they have lived both within and outside his shadow. (Publisher's blurb, back cover).
Notes
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Dedication: For my husband, Michael Cathcart and my son, Jack Grant.
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Director's Note by Kate Cherry (xiii-xvii).
Production Details
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First performed at The Fairfax, Victorian Arts Centre in Melbourne on 1 January 2000.
Director: Kate Cherry.
Cast: Julia Blake, Sue Jones, Asher Keddie, Rhys McConnochie, Mandy McElhinney, and Richard Piper.
Also performed at the Duchess Theatre, London in a season beginning on 19 February 2002 (following a two-week preview season at the Arnaud Theatre, Guildford).
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Strawberry Hills,
Inner Sydney,
Sydney,
New South Wales,:Currency Press
, 2000 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Life after George : Introduction, single work criticism (p. vii-xii)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Review : Life After George
2015
single work
— Appears in: Good Reading , April 2015;
— Review of Life after George 2000 single work drama -
Redistribution of Power : Hannie Rayson
2005
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Dolls' Revolution : Australian Theatre and Cultural Imagination 2005; (p. 285-328) The AustLit Anthology of Criticism 2010; (p. 49) '...discusses Rayson's participation in and contributuion to ... the turning of the wheel that would make women the key players on the Australian stage.' (p.285) -
Hannie Rayson's Life after George : Theatrical Intervention and Public Intellectual Discourse
2003
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , April no. 42 2003; (p. 161-176) This article 'reflects on issues raised by Life after George as an intervention in the public debate on education and as an instance of the way theatre continues to function as a critical site' (162). It argues that the performance of the play on the stages of five state theatres and numerous regional centres constitues a 'significant contribution to public intellectual discourse on a matter of importance to culture and society', and that the play 'examines the crisis in education and the future of knowledge and learning from a feminist perspective that offers a significant and so far underplayed dimension to the debate' (163). -
Second Look
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 9 March 2003; (p. 10)
— Review of Life after George 2000 single work drama -
West and Whirl
2002
single work
column
— Appears in: The Age , 15 March 2002; (p. 4)
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[Review] Life after George
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Muse , September no. 210 2001; (p. 16)
— Review of Life after George 2000 single work drama -
Second Look
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 9 March 2003; (p. 10)
— Review of Life after George 2000 single work drama -
Causes and Karma
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , October no. 217 2001; (p. 29)
— Review of Life after George 2000 single work drama -
All About Life on Many Merry-Go-Rounds
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 15 no. 1 2001; (p. 60-61)
— Review of A Beautiful Life 1998 single work drama ; Life after George 2000 single work drama -
Review : Life After George
2015
single work
— Appears in: Good Reading , April 2015;
— Review of Life after George 2000 single work drama -
Hannie Rayson's Life after George : Theatrical Intervention and Public Intellectual Discourse
2003
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , April no. 42 2003; (p. 161-176) This article 'reflects on issues raised by Life after George as an intervention in the public debate on education and as an instance of the way theatre continues to function as a critical site' (162). It argues that the performance of the play on the stages of five state theatres and numerous regional centres constitues a 'significant contribution to public intellectual discourse on a matter of importance to culture and society', and that the play 'examines the crisis in education and the future of knowledge and learning from a feminist perspective that offers a significant and so far underplayed dimension to the debate' (163). -
Redistribution of Power : Hannie Rayson
2005
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Dolls' Revolution : Australian Theatre and Cultural Imagination 2005; (p. 285-328) The AustLit Anthology of Criticism 2010; (p. 49) '...discusses Rayson's participation in and contributuion to ... the turning of the wheel that would make women the key players on the Australian stage.' (p.285) -
Challenged by Theatre of Ideas
2000
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Canberra Times Sunday Times , 23 April 2000; (p. 25) -
Hannie Rayson : Writer
1999
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Bulletin (The Book Bulletin) , 24 August vol. 117 no. 6188 1999; (p. 46-48) -
Life after George : Introduction
2000
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Life after George 2000; (p. vii-xii)
Awards
- 2001 winner Helpmann Awards for Performing Arts in Australia — Best Play for the performance by the Melbourne Theatre Company
- 2001 shortlisted Miles Franklin Literary Award
- 2000 winner Victorian Green Room Awards — Best New Australian Play
- 2000 winner Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — Prize for Drama
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Paris,
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Tuscany,
cItaly,cWestern Europe, Europe,
- Flinders Island, Bass Strait Islands, Tasmania,
- Melbourne, Victoria,
- 1970s
- 1980s
- 1990s
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