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Australian theatre, modernism and Patrick White
viii, 119 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
The book details the rejection of two Patrick White plays by the Adelaide Arts Festival in Australia in the early 1960s: The Ham Funeral and Night on Bald Mountain. The press referred to the former as 'l'affaire 'Ham Funeral'' and the latter was greeted with 'here we go again.'
The archive, governance and sovereignty -- "Words fail me": the Ham Funeral and the 1962 Adelaide Festival -- Night on Bald Mountain and the 1964 Adelaide Festival -- The "clowns" who "cling to the past": sovereign decision and the practice of exclusion -- The sovereignty of the plays and opportunities for new publics.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Anthem studies in theatre and performance