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Who’s Afraid of the Working Class?

Who’s Afraid of the Working Class?

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ISBN: 9781925005240
Author: Andrew Bovell, Patricia Cornelius, Melissa Reeves, Christos Tsiolkas, Irine Vela
Publication Date: 22/07/2014
Edition: Second
Publisher: Currency Press
Extent: 104pp.
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Five plays are intertwined in one in this story of fringe dwellers living in an age of social, economic and moral deprivation. Mostly without work, and politically disengaged, they work at survival.

‘With intelligence, well-judged humour and the searching qualities of truly memorable theatre, the play peels away political propaganda and notions of correctness to present a candid, difficult, searing portrait of the poor and marginalised.’ — Sydney Morning Herald

Who’s Afraid of the Working Class? was adapted into the feature film Blessed.

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