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Murras single work   drama   - Four short acts
Issue Details: First known date: 1989... 1989 Murras
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Production Details

  • First produced at the Fringe Festival Centre, Adelaide, for the Adelaide Festival, March 1988.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Re-Construction of Self through Cultural History Subhash Verma , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: IJAS , no. 4 2011; (p. 113-123)
'The Aboriginal literature in English, by the indigenous Australian writers restores the dignity and humanity of the Aboriginal people. Aboriginal writing is full of resistance against the misrepresentation of the Aboriginal experiences and it is concerned with reconstructing not only Aboriginal identity but also the truth about their life. Drama is one of the most important tools in the hands of the Aboriginal writers to represent history and Aboriginality.' (113)
Aboriginal Encounters : Cross-Cultural Perspectives on First Nation Drama Marc Maufort , 2003 single work criticism
— Appears in: Transgressive Itineraries : Postcolonial Hybridizations of Dramatic Realism 2003; (p. 147-231)
Section II of this chapter is entitled 'Staging Australian Aboriginality.'
"Our Side of the Story": Plays from Black Australia Geoffrey Milne , 1991 single work criticism
— Appears in: Meridian , May vol. 10 no. 1 1991; (p. 64-69)
Plays From Black Australia : Introduction Justine Saunders , 1989 single work criticism
— Appears in: Plays From Black Australia 1989; (p. vii-xi)
Tragedies, and Signs of Hope Veronica Sen , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 4 November 1989; (p. B4)

— Review of Plays From Black Australia Jack Davis , Eva Johnson , Richard Walley , Bob Maza , 1989 anthology drama ; Coordah Richard Walley , 1989 single work drama ; The Keepers Bob Maza , 1989 single work drama ; The Dreamers Jack Davis , 1982 single work drama ; Murras Eva Johnson , 1989 single work drama ; The Cherry Pickers Kevin Gilbert , 1968 single work drama
Tragedies, and Signs of Hope Veronica Sen , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 4 November 1989; (p. B4)

— Review of Plays From Black Australia Jack Davis , Eva Johnson , Richard Walley , Bob Maza , 1989 anthology drama ; Coordah Richard Walley , 1989 single work drama ; The Keepers Bob Maza , 1989 single work drama ; The Dreamers Jack Davis , 1982 single work drama ; Murras Eva Johnson , 1989 single work drama ; The Cherry Pickers Kevin Gilbert , 1968 single work drama
Aboriginal Encounters : Cross-Cultural Perspectives on First Nation Drama Marc Maufort , 2003 single work criticism
— Appears in: Transgressive Itineraries : Postcolonial Hybridizations of Dramatic Realism 2003; (p. 147-231)
Section II of this chapter is entitled 'Staging Australian Aboriginality.'
"Our Side of the Story": Plays from Black Australia Geoffrey Milne , 1991 single work criticism
— Appears in: Meridian , May vol. 10 no. 1 1991; (p. 64-69)
Plays From Black Australia : Introduction Justine Saunders , 1989 single work criticism
— Appears in: Plays From Black Australia 1989; (p. vii-xi)
Re-Construction of Self through Cultural History Subhash Verma , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: IJAS , no. 4 2011; (p. 113-123)
'The Aboriginal literature in English, by the indigenous Australian writers restores the dignity and humanity of the Aboriginal people. Aboriginal writing is full of resistance against the misrepresentation of the Aboriginal experiences and it is concerned with reconstructing not only Aboriginal identity but also the truth about their life. Drama is one of the most important tools in the hands of the Aboriginal writers to represent history and Aboriginality.' (113)
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