Performance Dates
8 Nov 2002 – 23 Nov 2002November 2002
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Details
- Playwright
- Dorothy Hewett
- Director
- Peter Flanigan
AddressInnaloo Community Centre, Morris Place, Innaloo
This Old Man Comes Rolling Home is the first play written by West Australian playwright, novelist and poet, Dorothy Hewett, and was first performed in 1967 at the New Fortune Theatre, University of Western Australia.
It deals with the fluctuating fortunes of the Dockerty family living in Redfern, Sydney, in the 1950's. Tom Dockerty is working class to his boots and a member of the Communist Party. (As was Dorothy Hewett who did live in Redfern at this time.) His wife,Laurie, the former "Belle of Bundaberg" has not coped so well with seven kids and inner city living and has taken to drinking heavily.
It is a "slice of life" play with Redfern itself an always intrusive element.
Drama, pathos, even tragedy are all there but the whole is so infused with humour that the play never falls into the "too heavy" category.
With a cast of 18 this is an ambitious production and one that promises to be well worth seeing.
NB Dorothy Hewett died only a few weeks ago at her home in the Blue Mountains, Sydney.
NNBB The Sunday performances are matinees at 2 pm
It deals with the fluctuating fortunes of the Dockerty family living in Redfern, Sydney, in the 1950's. Tom Dockerty is working class to his boots and a member of the Communist Party. (As was Dorothy Hewett who did live in Redfern at this time.) His wife,Laurie, the former "Belle of Bundaberg" has not coped so well with seven kids and inner city living and has taken to drinking heavily.
It is a "slice of life" play with Redfern itself an always intrusive element.
Drama, pathos, even tragedy are all there but the whole is so infused with humour that the play never falls into the "too heavy" category.
With a cast of 18 this is an ambitious production and one that promises to be well worth seeing.
NB Dorothy Hewett died only a few weeks ago at her home in the Blue Mountains, Sydney.
NNBB The Sunday performances are matinees at 2 pm
Bookings
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