Event | 
					 Sons of Cain 
						
						
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				| Venue | 
				Playhouse, Melbourne, VIC | 
			
			
				
					| First Date | 
					
					21 March 1985 | 
				
			
				
					| Last Date | 
					
					4 May 1985 | 
				
			
			
				| Dates Estimated | 
			
				No | 
			
			
				
					| Status | 
					
					Professional | 
				
			
			
				| World Premiere | 
				
				Yes | 
			
			
			
				
					| Description | 
  					Corruption, the drug trade, cover-ups and the freedom, or courage, of the press to report what the investigative reporter finds, set in a comparatively simple narrative well-laced with Williamson one-liners. | 
				
			
				
					| Description Source | 
					
					Other | 
				
			
			
				| Primary Genre | 
				
				Theatre - Spoken Word
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					| Secondary Genre | 
					
					
					
						
						
							Comedy
						
							
						 
						
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					| Subjects | 
					
					
					
						
							Corruption
						 
						
						
							Drugs
						 
						
						
							Journalism
						 
						
						
							Newspapers
						 
						
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					| Organisations | 
					
					
						
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					| Contributors | 
					
					
						
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					        | Resources | 
					        
					        	
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				       Article:  Elizabeth Butel, Williamson's new play takes on the bad guys, The National Times, 22 March 1985, 29
 
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				       Article:  Sonya Voumard, Press versus corruption, TV Scene, 22 March 1985
 
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				       Review:  Bob Crimeen, A quest for the truth, The Sun News-Pictorial, 29 March 1985
 
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				       Review:  Darren Edwards, Williamson' Sons of Cain is typical but..., Sunday Observer, 31 March 1985
 
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				       Review:  Geoffrey Hutton, Spotlight on the muckraker as hero, The Australian, 28 March 1985, 10
 
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				       Review:  Geoffrey Milne, Williamson's powerful new play goes straight for the throat, The National Times, 5 April 1985, 32
 
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				       Review:  John Larkin, Now a play on the press, Sunday Press, 14 April 1985
 
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				       Review:  Leonard Radic, Williamson fresh as tomorrow's news, The Age, 28 March 1985
 
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				       Review:  Max Ozburn, Sons of Cain, 53, May 1985
 
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				       Review:  Miranda Gott, Sons of Cain, Knox Sherbrooke News, 9 April 1985, 49
 
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				       Review:  Peter Weiniger, Topical note, Australian Financial Review, 4 April 1985
 
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				       Review:  Robert Taylor, Tilt at the libel laws, The West Australian, 11 April 1985
 
				             
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						| Works | 
						
						
							
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						| Text Nationality | 
						
						Australia
					
					
				
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						| Production Nationality | 
						
						Australia
				
				
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					| Event Status | 
					
					
					Completed
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					| Data Source | 
					
					
						
							
								| Source | 
								
								Description | 
								
								
							 
							
								
									| Cast List | 
									
									MTC Records | 
									
									
								 
							
								
									| Book | 
									
									John McCallum, Belonging: Australian Playwriting in the 20th Century, Currency Press, Strawberry Hills, NSW, 2009 | 
									
									
								 
							
						 
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					| Data Reviewed By
					
					
						 | Jenny Fewster (JennyFewster) on 20 June 2019 | 
						
				
				
			
			
				
					| Data Set | 
					AusStage | 
				
			
			
				
					| Event Identifier | 
					
					79229 | 
				
			
			
				
			
			
			
			
			
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