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Issue Details: First known date: 1980-1989... 1980-1989 Sons of Cain
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

'Sons of Cain is a 1985 play by David Williamson about three female investigative reporters.

'It looks at the New South Wales Labor government of the 1980s'

'Production

'Williamson directed the original production himself, the first time he had done this with one of his own plays. He says he did five full drafts of the play over a period of six months.

'The original production was presented in London in 1986 by the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust.' (Source : website)

Notes

  • Epigraph: The cry of the Little Peoples goes up to God in vain For the world is given over to the cruel Sons of Cain. Richard Le Gallienne (1866-1947) The Cry of the Little Peoples

Production Details

  • First produced by the Melbourne Theatre Company at the Playhouse, Victoria Arts Centre, Melbourne, 26 March 1985. Directed by David Williamson. Also produced in London, May 1986.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

      1980-1989 .
      Extent: 90 leavesp.
      (Manuscript) assertion
      Note/s:
      • Typescript.
      • Includes ms emmendations.
      Series: The Hanger Collection of Australian Playscripts series - publisher

      A collection in the Fryer Library at The University of Queensland of manuscript film and play scripts.

      Holdings

      Held at: University of Queensland University of Queensland Library Fryer Library
      Local Id: H2386
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  • Also sound recording.
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Works about this Work

The Long Path Towards the Dead Right Male A. P. Riemer , 1996 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 15 March 1996; (p. 13)
Views of the Harbour : The Empty City in Contemporary Australian Drama Peter Fitzpatrick , 1992 single work criticism
— Appears in: Populous Places : Australian Cities and Towns 1992; (p. 48-57)
Events in WA Make for Topical Opening Ann Nugent , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 15 April 1991; (p. 22)
— Review of Our Country's Good Timberlake Wertenbaker , 1988 single work drama ; Sons of Cain David Williamson , 1980-1989 single work drama
David Williamson : Satiric Comedies Brian Kiernan , 1991 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: International Literature in English : Essays on the Major Writers 1991; (p. 659-667)
David Williamson Talks to Helen Musa about "Sons of Cain" and the Investigative Press Helen Musa , 1991 single work criticism
— Appears in: Muse , April no. 96 1991; (p. 3,9)
Melodrama Christopher Pearson , 1986 single work review
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , January no. 21 1986; (p. 16)
— Review of Sons of Cain David Williamson , 1980-1989 single work drama
Untitled Brian Kiernan , 1986 single work review
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , April no. 8 1986; (p. 125-128)
— Review of Sons of Cain David Williamson , 1980-1989 single work drama ; Collected Plays : Volume I David Williamson , 1986 selected work drama
Events in WA Make for Topical Opening Ann Nugent , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 15 April 1991; (p. 22)
— Review of Our Country's Good Timberlake Wertenbaker , 1988 single work drama ; Sons of Cain David Williamson , 1980-1989 single work drama
Untitled R. Aldritch , 1985 single work review
— Appears in: Campaign Australia , no. 114 1985; (p. 54)
— Review of Sons of Cain David Williamson , 1980-1989 single work drama
Untitled G. Kippax , 1985 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 15 May 1985; (p. 14)
— Review of Sons of Cain David Williamson , 1980-1989 single work drama
Views of the Harbour : The Empty City in Contemporary Australian Drama Peter Fitzpatrick , 1992 single work criticism
— Appears in: Populous Places : Australian Cities and Towns 1992; (p. 48-57)
David Williamson Mark Thomas , 1989 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: Australia in Mind : Thirteen Influential Australian Thinkers 1989; (p. 180-193)
David Williamson Candida Baker (interviewer), 1986 single work interview
— Appears in: Yacker : Australian Writers Talk About Their Work 1986; (p. 290-315) David Williamson 1988; (p. 122-142) The AustLit Anthology of Criticism 2010; (p. 66)
Comic - Satiric - Realism : David Williamson's Plays Since "The Department" Brian Kiernan , 1986 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , March vol. 46 no. 1 1986; (p. 3-18)
What are Shades of Grey : Interview with David Williamson Paul Kavanagh , Peter Kuch , 1986 single work interview criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , June vol. 46 no. 2 1986; (p. 131-141) David Williamson 1988; (p. 143-155) Conversations : Interviews with Australian Writers 1991; (p. 242-257)
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