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Issue Details: First known date: 2009... 2009 The Joy of Text
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'Literary theory may seem harmless, but mix it with the impish personality of Danny, a precocious high school student, and the result is not deconstruction but sheer devastation. When a certain controversial book falls into his hands, it's time to create his own provocative meta-narrative. As his actions send the school into chaos, he learns that, although the author is dead and meaning lacks foundation, the real world has no time for irony.

... Set against a backdrop of staffroom politics ... [a] satirical dissection of education and its discontents.'

Source: Melbourne Theatre Company website, www.mtc.com.au (sighted: 29/09/2010)

Notes

  • Commissioned and developed with the support of The Joan and Peter Clemenger Trust and The Cybec Foundation.

Production Details

  • First produced as a play reading by the Melbourne Theatre Company at the Lawler Studio, Melbourne, Victoria, 29 September 2009. Subsequently produced by the Melbourne Theatre Company at the Fairfax Studio, the Arts Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 10 June - 23 July, 2011. Directed by Aidan Fennessy.



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First known date: 2009
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Works about this Work

Sex Scandal Returns for Another Round Rebecca Harkins-Cross , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 11 March 2013; (p. 40)
— Review of The Joy of Text Robert Reid , 2009 single work drama
Untitled John Bailey , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 26 June 2011; (p. 24)
— Review of The Joy of Text Robert Reid , 2009 single work drama
Text Loses Joy in Translation to Stage Cameron Woodhead , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 20 June 2011; (p. 19)
— Review of The Joy of Text Robert Reid , 2009 single work drama
Unresolved Textual Tension Robin Usher , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 14 June 2011; (p. 15)
School for Scandel in This Endearing Tale Chris Boyd , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 17 June 2011; (p. 17)
— Review of The Joy of Text Robert Reid , 2009 single work drama
Back to School for a Postmodern Scandal Fiona Gruber , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 1 June 2011; (p. 20)
— Review of The Joy of Text Robert Reid , 2009 single work drama
School for Scandel in This Endearing Tale Chris Boyd , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 17 June 2011; (p. 17)
— Review of The Joy of Text Robert Reid , 2009 single work drama
Text Loses Joy in Translation to Stage Cameron Woodhead , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 20 June 2011; (p. 19)
— Review of The Joy of Text Robert Reid , 2009 single work drama
Untitled John Bailey , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 26 June 2011; (p. 24)
— Review of The Joy of Text Robert Reid , 2009 single work drama
Sex Scandal Returns for Another Round Rebecca Harkins-Cross , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 11 March 2013; (p. 40)
— Review of The Joy of Text Robert Reid , 2009 single work drama
Unresolved Textual Tension Robin Usher , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 14 June 2011; (p. 15)
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