Anthem

Anthem

by Andrew BovellPatricia Cornelius Melissa Reeves and others
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 21/01/2024

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It was the 7.57 on the Upfield line. The 8.02 on the Mernda line. The 6.22 on the Craigieburn … face to face, groin to bum, armpit to armpit. On the morning commute. A single mother struggles with her hyperactive child, a young man exerts control over his girlfriend, a cleaner is begged for help by her former boss, a convenience store worker returns for vengeance, three siblings thrash out racial and ideological battle lines, an elderly couple remember their own war of resistance. All the while busker Charity demands the passengers pay up, pay up. As the stories intersect, the characters collide with each other and tear apart, or pull towards another in yearning and loneliness. A simmering conflict keeps us on our toes, and the train moves us inexorably forwards. Two decades after their seminal work, Who's Afraid of the Working Class?, Andrew Bovell, Patricia Cornelius, Melissa Reeves, Christos Tsiolkas and Irine Vela reunite for a new take on class and the politics of marginalisation. Anthem registers the pulse of the nation in a country unable to reconcile its past and uncertain of its future. With no easy answers, it asks the urgent question of who we are now — does Australia really sing with one voice? 'An ambitious, energetic and remarkable play'—The Guardian 'Gripping and intoxicating'—Time Out 'Anthem is powerful and important theatre that should inspire reflection on how Australia became so polarised.'—The Age

ISBN:
9781760628574
9781760628574
Category:
Plays
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
21-01-2024
Language:
English
Publisher:
Currency Press
Christos Tsiolkas

Christos Tsiolkas is the author of four novels: Loaded, which was made into the feature film Head-On, The Jesus Man and Dead Europe, which won the 2006 Age Fiction Prize and the 2006 Melbourne Best Writing Award. He won Overall Best Book in the Commonwealth Writers' Prize 2009, was shortlisted for the 2009 Miles Franklin Literary Award, longlisted for the 2010 Man Booker Prize and won the Australian Literary Society Gold Medal for his novel, The Slap, which was also announced as the 2009 Australian Booksellers Association and Australian Book Industry Awards Books of the Year. He is also a playwright, essayist and screen writer. He lives in Melbourne.

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