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Who’s Afraid of the Working Class?
Andrew Bovell, Patricia Cornelius, Melissa Reeves, Christos Tsiolkas, Irine Vela

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.

Staging Asylum
Emma Cox (ed.), version 1.0, Victoria Carless, Ben Eltham, Linda Jaivin, Catherine Simmonds, Towfiq Al-Qady

The first of its kind, this timely anthology brings together six contemporary Australian plays that offer a range of narratives and perspectives on asylum seekers. A vexed issue within the Australian community—particularly among politicians, who often use asylum seekers to further their own ends—this collection contributes to Australia's ongoing discourse on unauthorised asylum seekers, immigration detention, border control and the right to belong.

One of Australia’s Living National Treasures and its best known and most widely performed playwright, David Williamson brings us five of his latest works. Age has not wearied him, and indeed this collection exemplifies Williamson’s uncanny ability to be timely, relevant and thoroughly modern.

Three verbatim plays by Version 1.0 dealing with the ‘children overboard’ Senate inquiry; the pretext for Australia’s involvement in the Iraq war; and the Wheat for Weapons scandal.

Zeal Theatre Collection: Three plays
Tom Lycos, Stefo Nantsou

A Zeal Theatre Collection, including three plays; The Stones, Burnt and Taboo. 

Jonah is a musical reinvention of Louis Stone's novel. Top End is set in Darwin during the 1975 invasion of East Timor. Lost Weekend takes a class-based look at 'Australianess'. The Floating World is about a serviceman's descent into madness.

Contemporary Indigenous Plays
Vivienne Cleven, Wesley Enoch, David Milroy, Geoffrey Narkle, Jane Harrison

Five plays from around the country that illustrate the rich tradition of Indigenous storytelling as it flourishes in contemporary theatre.

Plays of the 50s: Volume 1
Katharine Brisbane (ed.), Oriel Gray, Douglas Stewart, Ralph Peterson, Ric Throssell

Plays of the 50s is a collection of plays, including Sky Without Birds by Oriel Gray, Shipwreck by Douglas Stewart, The Night of the Ding-Dong by Ralph Peterson, and The Day Before Tomorrow by Ric Throssell. 

Plays of the 50s: Volume 2
Katharine Brisbane (ed.), Barbara Vernon, Peter Kenna, David Ireland, Ray Mathew

Plays of the 50s: Volume 2 is a collection of plays including The Multi-Coloured Umbrella by Barbara Vernon, The Slaughter of St Teresa's Day by Peter Kenna, Image in the Clay by David Ireland, and The Life of the Party by Ray Matthew

White with Wire Wheels (1967) examines the insecurity inherent in male cultural attitudes towards women and cars. Dimboola (1969) is a Rabelaisian account of a country wedding. A Stretch of the Imagination (1971), a monodrama about an outback philosopher, brought us the archetypal Australian character of Monk O'Neill, the lonely misanthropist.

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