Harbour
by Katherine Thomson

Harbour Book Cover
Harbour Cover

Synopsis

On the Wednesday before Easter, 1998, a few hundred metres away from the site of the new Sydney Theatre, one of the most dramatic events in recent Australian history took place.

It was the culmination of a tightly planned scheme between the Federal Government and a stevedoring company to smash the Maritime Union of Australia -- the wharfies.

Katherine Thomson's gripping new drama is set against the backdrop of this explosive industrial dispute.

Sandy, a retired wharfie, comes home after six year's absence to find his family divided.

His kids have moved on and up.

They're on opposite sides of the political divide.

His wife doesn't want to be in the same room as him.

The world has changed, and it seems he no longer has a place in it.

But he's a battler, with a burning desire to unite his family and set the past to rights.

'Harbour' was the winner of the 2005 NSW Premier's Literary Award award.

(2 acts, 6 male, 4 female).

Performance

Cast

A medium cast size of 10 total roles, 5 female and 5 male roles.

Publication

Year Published
2005
ISBN 10
0868197564
ISBN 13
9780868197562
Binding
Paperback
Print Length
96 pages
Place Published
Strawberry Hills, N.S.W.
Language
English
LCCN
2008426616
LCC
PR9619.3.T4488 H37 2005
Print
Harbour is a Australian and New Zealand play written by and published by Currency Press in Strawberry Hills, N.S.W., 2005. The print edition has an ISBN-13 of 9780868197562 and an ISBN-10 of 0868197564.

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