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Falling from Grace is a play with a bright comic surface and mysterious depths. It is about women in medicine, in the media and in the office - power and authority in female hands. It is also about public morality and a struggle between women to see who should be its guardian. These women are best friends in a professional world. They are witty and erudite, passionate in pursuit of success and relentless in their pursuit of passion. They juggle careers, children and lovers. They are forty and their friendship is about to be tested'. Publisher's blurb, back cover.
Notes
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Braille ed. - [1996]
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Falling From Grace is dedicated to my dearest women friends: Hilary Glow, Annie Rose, Amanda Smith, Suzie and Kathy Skelton, Lisa Silveri, Caroline Baum and Judy Rayson.
Production Details
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First produced by the Playbox Theatre Co., CUB Malthouse, Melbourne, 9 August 1994.
Director: Aubrey Mellor.
Cast: Belinda Davey, Cathy Godbold, Roger Oakley, Deidre Rubenstein, Sean Scully, Diane Smith, and Catherine Wilkin.
In the same year the play was produced in Warragul, Bendigo, Geelong, Hobart and Brisbane.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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Redistribution of Power : Hannie Rayson
2005
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Dolls' Revolution : Australian Theatre and Cultural Imagination 2005; (p. 285-328) The AustLit Anthology of Criticism 2010; (p. 49) '...discusses Rayson's participation in and contributuion to ... the turning of the wheel that would make women the key players on the Australian stage.' (p.285) -
From One Lane : The Narrowing of Theatre
1999
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criticism
— Appears in: Quadrant , January-February vol. 43 no. 1-2 1999; (p. 33-36) -
Recent Australian Women's Writing for the Stage
1998
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Our Australian Theatre in the 1990s 1998; (p. 104-116) Helen Thomson surveys Australian women's writing for the stage, from 1970 to the 1990s, illustrating the diversity of feminist concerns and the forms these take in performances. -
[Review] Sanctuary [and] Falling from Grace
1996
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review
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , April no. 28 1996; (p. 170-173)
— Review of Sanctuary 1994 single work drama ; Falling from Grace 1994 single work drama -
[Review] Falling from Grace
1995
single work
review
— Appears in: Muse , May no. 141 1995; (p. 36)
— Review of Falling from Grace 1994 single work drama
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[Review] Sanctuary [and] Falling from Grace
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , April no. 28 1996; (p. 170-173)
— Review of Sanctuary 1994 single work drama ; Falling from Grace 1994 single work drama -
Power and How Women Use It
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 11 August 1994; (p. 20)
— Review of Falling from Grace 1994 single work drama -
[Review] Falling from Grace
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 12 August 1994; (p. 10)
— Review of Falling from Grace 1994 single work drama -
Ho Hum...What Happens Next?
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 30 August vol. 116 no. 5935 1994; (p. 81)
— Review of Falling from Grace 1994 single work drama -
Bonds of Mateship
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Jewish News (Life/Style) , 19 August vol. 60 no. 48 1994; (p. 5)
— Review of Falling from Grace 1994 single work drama -
Redistribution of Power : Hannie Rayson
2005
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Dolls' Revolution : Australian Theatre and Cultural Imagination 2005; (p. 285-328) The AustLit Anthology of Criticism 2010; (p. 49) '...discusses Rayson's participation in and contributuion to ... the turning of the wheel that would make women the key players on the Australian stage.' (p.285) -
Recent Australian Women's Writing for the Stage
1998
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Our Australian Theatre in the 1990s 1998; (p. 104-116) Helen Thomson surveys Australian women's writing for the stage, from 1970 to the 1990s, illustrating the diversity of feminist concerns and the forms these take in performances. -
Graceful Guardian Gives Voice to Writers' Visions
1994
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: The Australian , 5 August 1994; (p. 8,9) -
Slow but Sure
1994
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criticism
biography
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 16 August vol. 116 no. 5933 1994; (p. 95-96) -
The World Driven by Strong Women
1995
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 21 April 1995; (p. 17)
Awards
- 1995 joint winner New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting
- 1995 winner The Age Performing Arts Awards — Drama Category — Best Play Award
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