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'Invoking the expansive, isolating beauty of rural Australia, Reg Cribb’s epic new play is about a man ravaged by drought, family secrets and love.'
'The Murray family have been farming the land along the Darling River for five generations. For Tom Murray, it’s all he’s ever known. When his childhood friends Lucy and Billy reappear, deep friendships are tested, and secrets, long buried, are finally awakened – Tom must make the long journey down-stream to reconcile past wrongs and to fight for his wife.' (Source: Griffin Theatre Company website)
Production Details
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Performed at the Griffin Theatre Company, 13-30 January 2016.
Director: Chris Bendall.
Cast: Grant Cartwright, Vanessa Downing, Nicholas Papademetriou, Francesca Savige, Bjorn Stewart.
Set & Costume Designer: Dann Barber.
Composer & Sound Designer: Kingsley Reeve.
Lighting Designer: Alexander Berlage.
Stage Manager: Ruth Horsfall.
Co-Producers: Pippa Bailey and Chris Bendall.
Presented at Albany Entertainment Centre, 31 March 2018.
Cast: including Grant Cartwright.
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Awards
- 2008 shortlisted Patrick White Playwrights' Award
