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y separately published work icon Waking Blind single work   drama   - 75 minutes; 49 pages
Issue Details: First known date: 2002... 2002 Waking Blind
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A conspiracy of characters creates a dream for Rex: he's a Freud oriented psychologist married to an older woman. His older female clients dream about his ravishing them. Another client, a much-abused blind boy claiming to be a prophet, dreams that Rex killed his father and married his mother. Rex tries to reason and interpret his way out of the tangle of situations, but it's the characters who have the upper hand in the therapy. Then, as the tragic truth dawns, daylight blinds Rex to the image of himself, leaving an experience but no memory of what has come to pass.

Production Details

  • Waking Blind was nominated for the Monte Miller Award at the 2002 Australian writer's Guild awards and optioned for a feature film adaptation.

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First known date: 2002
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