Third World Blues
by David Williamson
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Readers find the play engaging with its blend of emotion and wit. Many appreciate the surprise elements that provoke thought, though one reviewer suggests it feels a bit short.
Synopsis
Graham, a conscript just back from the Vietnam War, is awaiting a reunion with his wife Keren when her lover Neville appears instead.
Their confrontation is interrupted by the arrival of Neville's pregnant wife Elizabeth and then by Keren herself.
The domestic comedy is dramatically overlaid by Graham's reverberating question: 'What have you done to stop the war?', but the ethics of protest are further complicated by the arrival of Dennis, Graham's army mate, who having discovered his own wife with another man, kidnapped their child and robbed a service station (2 acts, 5 men, 2 women).
Publication
Third World Blues is a Australian & New Zealand play written by David Williamson and published by Currency Press (1997).
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Currency Press · 1997 · 84 pp
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