Set in the staff room of an all-girl school, Morning Sacrifice interrogates the stifling sexual morality of post-War Australia. The all female cast are divided by the conflict between a waning Victorian sensibility and the sexual freedom of the coming age.
The play is a powerful critique of how women’s sexuality was controlled by law, and hostility between women formed a barrier to emancipation.
DYMPHNA CUSACK (1902–1981) was born in Wyalong (NSW). She was educated at Sydney University and became a school teacher, later marrying the writer Norman Freehill. Three of her plays; Anniversary, Morning Sacrifice and Call Up Your Ghosts, won prizes, as did her co-authored novel Come in Spinner. Her strong humanist concerns regarding justice, peace and racism are overtly present in her work. Between 1949 and 1972 she lived mainly in Europe.
| Cast Info | 9F |
| Genres | Drama |
| Themes | Significant female roles, Full length play, Political/Social themes |
| Audiences | Adult, Young Adult |
| Extent | 70 |
| Edition | First |
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