Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
By Ray Lawler
Directed by John Grinston
Season: 16th Jul - 20th Aug 2022
Preview night 15th Jul
Friday and Saturday nights at 7.30pm
Sunday matinée at 4.30pm
Running Time: 3 hours including a 20 min interval
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They came down from the far north, their work done. Months of hot, hard, sweat-soaked work: done and out-of-mind. Pockets lined, spirits high. Ready to bust out and party. Six months of party. That was the deal. Their time, their reward, their perfect life.
Waiting for them, in the city, a woman for whom it was both enough and a feast. She waited, this year, as in all the past years, her heart bursting with defiant love and hope. Never mind the losses.
Their reward, their dream, their perfect life. Until time dealt them the blow it had long booked them. See it, Ray Lawler's brilliant play that transformed our theatre and the way we see each other.
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll is an Australian play written by Ray Lawler and first performed at the Union Theatre in Melbourne on 28 November 1955. The play is considered to be the most significant in Australian theatre history, and a "turning point", openly and authentically portraying distinctly Australian life and characters. It was one of the first truly naturalistic Australian theatre productions.
| Production | |
| Director | John Grinston |
| Set Design | Tom Fahy |
| Costume Design | Susan Carveth |
| Lighting Design | Mehran Mortezaei |
| Sound Design | Michael Schell |
| Crew | |
| Stage Manager | Marica Fumanti |
| Lighting and Sound Operation | Cian Byrne Ali Shad Mark Berriman |
| Cast | |
| Emma | Liz Grindley |
| Olive | Jodine Muir |
| Pearl | Grace Swadling |
| Bubba | Heather Tleige |
| Barney | Harley Connor |
| Roo | Martin Grelis |
| Johnnie Dowd | Hamish MacDonald |
By Arrangement with the Licensor, Ray Lawler c/- Fran Moore