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Issue Details: First known date: 2002... 2002 Wicked Sisters
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'Alec Hobbes, famed genius, social Darwinist and artificial intelligence researcher is dead. But his computer algorithm lives on, still working away in his study, and his widow Meridee tiptoes around the machine much like she did around her husband for most of their marriage. Her friends Judith and Lydia turn up to shake their friend out of her isolation and self-neglect. What promises to be a weekend of laughter and wine turns comically savage when Hester arrives and truths about the past start to tear at the fabric of friendship.'

Source: Griffin Theatre Company (2020 revival).

Notes

  • Dedication: Wicked Sisters is dedicated to the real life 'Rosie', and her devoted friend.

Production Details

  • Produced by the Griffin Theatre Company in association with the Riverina Theatre Company at the SBW Stables Theatre, Sydney, on 5 April 2002.

    Director: Kate Gaul.


    Griffin production ubsequently toured Victoria, Tasmania, Queensland, and the Northern Territory in 2003.


    Revived by Griffin Theatre Company at the Stables, 6 November to 12 December 2020.

    Director: Nadia Tass.
    Cast: Di Adams, Vanessa Downing, and Deborah Galanos.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Strawberry Hills, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,:Currency Press , 2003 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Introduction, Elizabeth Perkins , single work criticism (p. v-xii)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 2002
    • Strawberry Hills, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Currency Press , 2003 .
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      Extent: xvi, 51, xiip.
      Description: ports.
      Note/s:
      • Includes Playwright's Note p. xii.
      • Includes the Theatre Program for the 2003 touring season at the end of the playtext.
      ISBN: 086819722X
      Series: Current Theatre Series Currency Press (publisher), 1983- series - publisher 'Current Theatre Series consists of Australian plays published with the program inserted and sold during theatre seasons. The aim of the series is to promote and encourage new dramatic writing and make it accessible to theatregoers and the public. The text is presented at the first day of rehearsal and does not contain changes which the author may choose to make after the play has commenced its present season - these will be incorporated into any new edition published by Currency.' Currency Press.
    • Strawberry Hills, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Currency Press , 2020 .
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      Extent: 84p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 5 November 2020
      ISBN: 9781760623180

Works about this Work

[Review] Wicked Sisters Cassie Tongue , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 21-27 November 2020;

— Review of Wicked Sisters Alma De Groen , 2002 single work drama

'Returning to the stage after almost two decades, Alma De Groen’s Wicked Sisters now reads like a study of the generational failures of white feminism. By Cassie Tongue.' 

Introduction Elizabeth Perkins , 2003 single work criticism
— Appears in: Wicked Sisters 2003; (p. v-xii)
Mature Reflection Judy Adamson , 2002 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 5 April 2002; (p. 15)
Sisters Get Their Act Together John McCallum , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 15 April 2002; (p. 15)

— Review of Wicked Sisters Alma De Groen , 2002 single work drama
Sisters Weave a Tale of Lonely Pain Bryce Hallett , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 12 April 2002; (p. 12)

— Review of Wicked Sisters Alma De Groen , 2002 single work drama
Sisters Weave a Tale of Lonely Pain Bryce Hallett , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 12 April 2002; (p. 12)

— Review of Wicked Sisters Alma De Groen , 2002 single work drama
Sisters Get Their Act Together John McCallum , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 15 April 2002; (p. 15)

— Review of Wicked Sisters Alma De Groen , 2002 single work drama
[Review] Wicked Sisters Cassie Tongue , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 21-27 November 2020;

— Review of Wicked Sisters Alma De Groen , 2002 single work drama

'Returning to the stage after almost two decades, Alma De Groen’s Wicked Sisters now reads like a study of the generational failures of white feminism. By Cassie Tongue.' 

Mature Reflection Judy Adamson , 2002 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 5 April 2002; (p. 15)
Introduction Elizabeth Perkins , 2003 single work criticism
— Appears in: Wicked Sisters 2003; (p. v-xii)
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