Blood Relations (Malouf play)

Blood Relations is a play by David Malouf.[1] Set in tropical Western Australia, it concerns a family group gathering around patriarch Willy at Christmas.[2] It has been described as an Australian re-telling of The Tempest.[3]

Blood Relations
Written byDavid Malouf
Directed byJim Sharman
Date premiered24 June 1987
Place premieredSydney
Original languageEnglish
Genredrama

First produced in a Sydney Theatre Company and State Theatre Company of South Australia co-production, it opened on 24 June 1987 at the Sydney Opera House's Drama Theatre directed by Jim Sharman.[4][5]

Blood Relations received the 1987 NSW Premier's Literary Award in the Play category.[1]

See also

References
  1. "Austlit — Blood Relations By David Malouf". Austlit. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  2. "BLOOD RELATIONS by David Malouf". www.middlemiss.org. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  3. ""A Sort of Buzzing: Queer Sound in David Malouf's Blood Relations"" (PDF). Monash University. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  4. "Blood Relations". www.ausstage.edu.au. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  5. "THEATRE A tragedy on the grubby side". The Canberra Times. Vol. 61, no. 18, 907. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 10 July 1987. p. 12. Retrieved 30 May 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
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