Mary

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Event Mary
Venue Playbox Theatre, Melbourne, VIC
First Date 7 September 1982
Last Date 1 October 1982
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere Yes
Description Mary is a play about being Greek and growing up in Melbourne. It juxtaposes a Greek-Australian family with an Anglo-Australian one, focussing on the relationships between mothers and their teenage daughters. The play explores the conflicts and the comedy of cultural difference, both within families and between them. It is also about the quest for identity as women, daughters and mothers.

Description Source Website
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre One Act Plays
Subjects Australians
Family
Greeks
Relationships
Women
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Joy Dunstan Actor
Tereza Loizou Actor
Joy Mitchell Actor
Mary Sitarenos Actor
Peter Sommerfeld Designer
Susie Fraser Director
Hannie Rayson Playwright
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information This premiere season was followed by several remounts.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Correspondence with Paul Davies
Australian Drama Project (UQ) MARYHR
Book John McCallum, Belonging: Australian Playwriting in the 20th Century, Currency Press, Strawberry Hills, NSW, 2009
Data Reviewed By Jenny Fewster (JennyFewster) on 4 August 2015
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 95321