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y separately published work icon Plays of the 50s [Volume Two] anthology   drama  
Issue Details: First known date: 2004... 2004 Plays of the 50s [Volume Two]
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Strawberry Hills, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,:Currency Press , 2004 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Multi-Coloured Umbrella, Barbara Vernon , single work drama humour (p. 1-52)
The Slaughter of St. Teresa's Day : A Play, Peter Joseph Kenna , single work drama

'Two released prisoners interrupt a feast day party given by an 1950s ex-Sydney gangster.'

Source: AusStage (http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/work/4704). (Sighted: 9/10/2013)

(p. 53-106)
Image in the Clay, David Ireland , single work drama

'"Image in the Clay highlights the social and cultural distances between Aboriginal and white society in Australia. It centres on the home-coming of Gordon, a black who has left his small country town and his family to work in the city. Gordon's family members have pinned their anxious hopes on him, though they themselves are destined for a life of poverty and instability as outcasts in their own country.'  (Publication summary)

(p. 107-172)
The Life of the Party, Ray Mathew , single work drama humour (p. 173-240)

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