The Golden Age (PLAYS) Book

Written by Louis Nowra and with an introduction by Gerry Turcotte, this book was first published in 1985 by Currency Press Pty. Ltd., of Strawberry Hills, NSW 2012, Australia and was reprinted in the 2nd edition in 1989 (further printings of this 2nd ed. took place in 1992, 1995 and 1998). The 2nd edition is the complete one and adds a new scene in Act One, a scene in the author's earlier script, but left out of the premiere production for various reasons. The play is set during the wartime years 1939-1945 and the action moves from locations in Hobart and South-West Tasmania to Berlin in the last days of the war. It was inspired by the true story of a group of people, 'ghosts from the netherworld of an Australian childhood', who were discovered in the wilds of Tasmania in 1939. Lost in time and steeped in its own history and traditions, this curious community is a complete mystery and a disturbing challenge to its modern counterpart. The main play is called 'The Golden Age' and it is split into two acts. Characters: William Archer (doctor); Elizabeth Archer (William's wife); Francis Morris (young engineer); Peter Archer (young geologist); Betsheb (young woman); Stef (autistic child); Ayre (old woman); Melorne (old man); Angel (woman in her 20s); Mac (young man); George Ross (M.P. - Federal Minister for Health); Mrs Witcombe (working class woman in her 50s); Dr Simon (psychiatrist at the asylum); James (asylum patient); Private Corris (Australian soldier); A German man on the run; Mary (maid); A servantRead More