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Contemporary Australian Plays
The Kid
by Michael Gow
What readers are saying
Readers have mixed feelings about the play. While the writing is praised for its skill, many feel the story lacks depth and fails to engage throughout.
Skilled writing and deliberationWell-crafted dialogueLacks a compelling storyEnding feels loose
Synopsis
The play that launched Michael Gow's playwriting career.
In blazing heat, a stolen Mini hurtles towards Sydney.
Inside, three unstable teenagers from the country - Snake, Aspro and Dean - plan a future that will begin when they collect Aspro's accident compo from the Department.
Joined by Donald, an opera fanatic desperate for a change of scene, they travel to the city to take up residence in 'the largest block of flats in the Southern Hemisphere'.
As bush fires rage on the edge of the city, they meet Desiree, a young girl from downstairs with apocalyptic predictions.
Sparks fly.
Tensions escalate.
Twilight approaches...
Publication
PublisherCurrency Press
Year1983
BindingPaperback
EditionStandard ed.
Pages54
LanguageEnglish
ISBN-139780868198330
ISBN-100868198331
LCCPR9619.4
The Kid is a Australian & New Zealand play written by Michael Gow and published by Currency Press (1983).
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Currency Press · 1983 · 54 pp
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