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'Lally Black is a psychiatrist who struggles to keep the lid on her doubts about her own funds of compassion. Yu Siying is a Chinese woman who has caught HIV in Australia. Afraid of China's judgement, Siying has one last chance to claim asylum, and believes Lally is the key to her appeal. Lally finds herself enticed into an imagined China, unfolding in the gulf between herself and Siying, causing her to acknowledge the threads that run between complacency and brutality'. (Publisher's blurb)
Production Details
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'Asylum' underwent a workshop and reading in 2002, supported by Playworks and the Sidney Myer Fund. It was first produced by La Mama Theatre, Melbourne, 15 March - 1 April 2007. Season directed by Jan Woollard.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Asylum for La Mama
2008
single work
column
— Appears in: Lowdown , February/March vol. 30 no. 1 2008; (p. 36) -
Untitled
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 2 March 2008; (p. 28)
— Review of Asylum 2005 single work drama
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Untitled
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 2 March 2008; (p. 28)
— Review of Asylum 2005 single work drama -
Asylum for La Mama
2008
single work
column
— Appears in: Lowdown , February/March vol. 30 no. 1 2008; (p. 36)
Awards
- 2007 shortlisted Queensland Premier's Literary Awards — Best Drama Script (Stage)
- 2007 shortlisted Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — Prize for Drama
- 2005 winner Wal Cherry Play of the Year Award for Best Unproduced Play
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