Life After George (NHB Modern Plays) - Softcover

Rayson, Hannie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 185459673X ISBN 13: 9781854596734

Publisher: Nick Hern Books, 2002

Synopsis

A moving and perceptive play that looks at social change across three decades, from the student barricades of the late 1960s to the new millennium. A box-office sensation on its premiere in Australia.

Peter George, charismatic academic, idealist, lover of life, is dead. His wife, two ex-wives and daughter gather for his funeral. As the true nature of the man and his life unfolds, so these women discover more than they bargained for about the lives they have lived both in and out of his shadow.

Hannie Rayson's play Life After George was first staged in January 2000 by Melbourne Theatre Company at The Fairfax, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne. It had its British premiere in January 2002 at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford, before playing at the Duchess Theatre, London.

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About the Author

Hannie Rayson is a graduate of Melbourne University and author of eight plays so far. Room to Move and Hotel Sorrento both won Australian Best Play awards. Hotel Sorrento has had over 50 productions at home and overseas and been made into a feature film.

Edition details

• Publisher: Nick Hern Books
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 185459673X
• ISBN 13: 9781854596734
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96