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Siren is a love story with a difference - a situation comedy for the 1990s. Holed up in a Central Coast motel room with three undercover detectives, Liz has been employed to use her sex appeal on Billy Nottle, a local councillor suspected of accepting bribes from developers.
Once again David Williamson chooses to examine power games and sexual politics but shows that moral values can still hold true. (Back cover, publisher's blurb).
Production Details
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First produced at the Wharf, Sydney, by the Sydney Theatre Company, 22 March 1990, (Director, Richard Wherrett) and on the same night in Melbourne at the Athenaeum Theatre by Elston, Hocking and Woods and Kinselas Productions, (Director, Graeme Blundell).
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Paddington,
Kings Cross area,
Inner Sydney,
Sydney,
New South Wales,:Currency Press
, 1991 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- A Return to the Elements, single work criticism (p. ix-xiv)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Farce Lampoons Battle of Sexes
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 28 April 1997; (p. 5)
— Review of Siren 1990 single work drama -
Smashing Temples: Cultural Symptoms of the 1980s in Australian Mainstage Comedy and Farce
1995
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Modern Drama , Spring vol. 38 no. 1 1995; (p. 97-108) -
Untitled
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , April no. 22 1993; (p. 133-138)
— Review of Siren 1990 single work drama ; Money and Friends 1992 single work drama -
From Boilermakers to Aliens - Varied Play Texts Appear
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 7 no. 1 1993; (p. 70-71)
— Review of Too Young for Ghosts 1985 single work drama ; Summer of the Aliens 1992 single work drama ; Dorothy Hewett : The Feminine as Subversion 1992 single work criticism ; Collected Plays : Volume I 1992 selected work drama ; Siren 1990 single work drama -
David Williamson : Interview
Daniel R. Willbanks
(interviewer),
1992
single work
interview
biography
— Appears in: Speaking Volumes : Australian Writers and Their Work 1992; (p. 171-186)
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From Boilermakers to Aliens - Varied Play Texts Appear
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 7 no. 1 1993; (p. 70-71)
— Review of Too Young for Ghosts 1985 single work drama ; Summer of the Aliens 1992 single work drama ; Dorothy Hewett : The Feminine as Subversion 1992 single work criticism ; Collected Plays : Volume I 1992 selected work drama ; Siren 1990 single work drama -
A Celebration of Scepticism
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 140 1992; (p. 25-26)
— Review of Siren 1990 single work drama ; Emerald City 1986 single work drama ; Money and Friends 1992 single work drama -
Untitled
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , April no. 22 1993; (p. 133-138)
— Review of Siren 1990 single work drama ; Money and Friends 1992 single work drama -
Fag Ends on Display
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 3 April vol. 112 no. 5712 1990; (p. 106-107)
— Review of Siren 1990 single work drama -
An Off-Key Siren
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 3 April vol. 112 no. 5712 1990; (p. 106-107)
— Review of Siren 1990 single work drama -
A Return to the Elements
1991
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Siren 1991; (p. ix-xiv) -
A Flap in the Wings
1990
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Good Weekend , 10 March 1990; (p. 28-40) -
David Williamson : Interview
Daniel R. Willbanks
(interviewer),
1992
single work
interview
biography
— Appears in: Speaking Volumes : Australian Writers and Their Work 1992; (p. 171-186) -
Writes and Wrongs of a Workaholic
1990
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: The Australian Magazine , 17-18 March 1990; (p. 9-10) -
Williamson's Midas Touch
1990
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 12 June 1990; (p. 29)
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