STOLEN

Stolen tells of five young Aboriginal children forcibly removed from their parents, brought up in a repressive children’s home and trained for domestic service and other menial jobs. Segregated from society from their earliest years, not all of them successfully manage their lives when released into the outside world.

The pain, poignancy and sheer desperation of their lives is seen through the children’s own eyes as they struggle to make sense of a world where they have been told to forget their families, their homes and their language. This tender and moving story, awash with childlike humour, brings the tragic history of the Stolen Generations to the Australian stage.

Features an introduction by Wesley Enoch on directing the first production of Stolen.

Education Resource Notes for this play are available from the Malthouse Theatre. The notes include interviews with key artists, playwrights and directors plus activities and questions for discussion and analysis. For more information go to malthousetheatre.com.au.

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