PLAYS OF THE 70S: VOLUME 1

The bicentennial celebrations in 1970 of the arrival of Captain James Cook aroused a new interest in Australia's history and culture. The plays in this volume were landmarks in the development of a rough new all-Australian theatre which celebrated the rude colour of Australian language and mores.

It was a period of comedy and satire, but these plays show that beneath the larrikinism, sharp social criticism was at work. Ordinary people were becoming alienated and exploited, living largely unexamined lives. The plays in this volume are: The Legend of King O'Malley by Michael Boddy & Bob Ellis; The Joss Adams Show by Alma De Groen; Mrs Thally F by John Romeril; A Stretch of the Imagination by Jack Hibberd; and The Removalists by David Williamson.

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