Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
Tuesday 13 September 7:30pm
Plays
and playwrights go in and out of fashion but some endure and speak to each
subsequent generation. Lawler’s much loved tale of Queensland cane cutters
and Melbourne barmaids has endured, not through nostalgia, nor because it
spawned a new age in Australian writing, but because the characters and
their dilemmas are so true, so beautifully observed, so humorous and so
poignant.
A triumph at its 1955 Melbourne premiere, followed by a
national tour and hugely successful season in London’s West End where it
won an award for best new play, this 2020 production of the Australian
classic Summer of the Seventeenth Doll celebrates the 65th Anniversary of
this iconic play.
For sixteen years two Queensland cane cutters
have worked the punishing routine up north in the sugar cane fields for
seven months of the year and travelled back to Melbourne to meet up for
five months of partying and romance with their barmaid girlfriends. This
seventeenth summer everything is different. One of the barmaids has
‘settled down’ and married a city bloke so a replacement date has had to
be found. This ‘off-season’ proves challenging for them all.
This
production will be directed by the award-winning Denny Lawrence whose
history with HIT includes many successful productions including Shirley
Valentine, Always…Patsy Cline, Educating Rita, Glorious! Hotel Sorrento
and most recently, My Brilliant Divorce. Denny will be supported by a
highly-experienced creative team.
Duration: 2 hours & 30 minutes
including interval
Members: $35
Full: $43
Concession: $40
Youth
U/18: $25
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$43.00 -
13 September 2022
