Synopsis
High in the Australian mountains, within the security and comfort of their ancestral home, a family waits.
Three generations have come together to care for their terminal ill daughter.
This powerful new drama from one of Australia's most important dramatist, is an evocative portrait of a family forced to accept that their world is about to change forever.
Sewell reveals, through a heart-breaking crisis, the impact of the political upon the personal.
The Sick Room is a wise and timely work, which takes us inside the private world of our nation's leaders, to reflect the nation itself.
(2 acts: 4 men, 3 women -- doubling possible)
Themes
- Families
- Families--Australia--Drama
- PR9619.3.S44 S54 1999
- Terminally ill--Family relationships
- Teenage girls--Australia--Drama
- Teenage girls
- Terminally ill--Family relationships--Drama
Performance
Cast
A small cast size of 7 total roles, 3 female and 4 male roles.
