David Williamson's multiple prize winning black comedy, captured audiences first in 1971 with its passionate recognition of the bottled-up aggression inside Australian society. The basic authoritarianism, the confrontation between the sexes which so often passes for human relationships - these were the discoveries which audiences applauded in the young playwright. This was the first in a remarkable series of major plays - DON'S PARTY, THE DEPARTMENT, THE CLUB, TRAVELLING NORTH - which have since established David Williamson as one of
Australia's most important writers. How deeply the violence he describes in THE REMOVALISTS is rooted in the Australian character is discussed the first section of the book, where the eminent criminal lawyer Frank Galbally writes about the police, the acute observer of Australian mores, the late Ian Turner, writes of football and our social habits - and there is a glimpse of the convict history that made us what we are Also available in volume PLAYS OF THE 70s Volume 1 - Five plays by Australian authors See separate listing.

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