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Includes a bibliography of press reviews of three of the plays.
Contents
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This Old Man Comes Rolling Home,
single work
drama
'A play centred on family life in working-class Redfern in the 1950s which captures the colour, spirit and political character of the inner-city suburb. Hewett who lived in Redfern during the Cold War, wrote that her aim was 'to write of a self-contained world ... with its own language, its own folklore, its own values, it’s own ethos, to write of it with both realism and poetry.'
Source: Australian Plays (https://australianplays.org/script/CP-1289/). (Sighted: 22/02/2018)
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Mrs Porter and the Angel,
single work
drama
An exploration of the frustrations of domesticity and marriage in the lives of academic women.
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The Chapel Perilous, Or, The Perilous Adventures of Sally Banner,
Frank Arndt
(composer),
Michael Leydon
(composer),
single work
musical theatre
Written in Hewett's freewheeling epic style, The Chapel Perilous is a journey play that spans the period between the 1930s and the late 1960s. The story concerns Sally Banner, an over-reacher who attempts to find fulfilment – whether through her gift of poetic expression, through her sexual relationships, or in later years through political activism - and ultimately finds it through self-acceptance. Thematically the play contains the qualities and concerns which are often associated with Hewett's style – female sexuality, questioning of authority and morality, and anarchic tendencies towards structure in both dramatic text and social attitudes.
As Hewett remarks in her 1979 Hecate article: 'Sally is balanced by several symbolic female figures, the "Authority figures" of Headmistress, Anglican teaching "sister", and mother... [along with the] lesbian love figure, Judith, who stands for intellectual control and denial of sensual love' ('Creating Heroines in Australian Plays', p. 77).
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The Tatty Hollow Story,
single work
drama
'No two versions of Tatty are alike in this conjuring of fantasies about an enigmatic, ageless blonde. A black comedy about ageing, faded beauty and accepting eccentricity.'
Source: Australian Plays (https://australianplays.org/script/CP-1291/). (Sighted: 22/02/18)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Untitled
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , April no. 22 1993; (p. 146-150)
— Review of Collected Plays : Volume I 1992 selected work drama ; Dorothy Hewett : The Feminine as Subversion 1992 single work criticism -
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 -
Reconsidering Dorothy Hewett
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: Meridian , October vol. 11 no. 2 1992; (p. 89-93)
— Review of Dorothy Hewett : The Feminine as Subversion 1992 single work criticism ; Collected Plays : Volume I 1992 selected work drama -
Self Expression
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 144 1992; (p. 27-29)
— Review of Collected Plays : Volume I 1992 selected work drama ; Dorothy Hewett : The Feminine as Subversion 1992 single work criticism -
Hewett's Portraits of Women: the Power to Shock and Enlighten
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 29 August 1992; (p. C8)
— Review of Collected Plays : Volume I 1992 selected work drama ; Dorothy Hewett : The Feminine as Subversion 1992 single work criticism
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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 -
Changing Focus
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 27-28 June 1992; (p. rev 6)
— Review of Collected Plays : Volume I 1992 selected work drama -
Hewett's Portraits of Women: the Power to Shock and Enlighten
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 29 August 1992; (p. C8)
— Review of Collected Plays : Volume I 1992 selected work drama ; Dorothy Hewett : The Feminine as Subversion 1992 single work criticism -
Self Expression
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 144 1992; (p. 27-29)
— Review of Collected Plays : Volume I 1992 selected work drama ; Dorothy Hewett : The Feminine as Subversion 1992 single work criticism -
Untitled
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , April no. 22 1993; (p. 146-150)
— Review of Collected Plays : Volume I 1992 selected work drama ; Dorothy Hewett : The Feminine as Subversion 1992 single work criticism