Third World Blues
by David Williamson

Third World Blues Book Cover
Third World Blues Cover

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).

Themes

Performance

Cast

A small cast size of 7 total roles, 2 female and 5 male roles.

Publication

Year Published
1997
ISBN 10
0868195200
ISBN 13
9780868195209
Binding
Paperback
Print Length
84 pages
Language
English
Print
Third World Blues is a Australian play written by and published by Currency Press in 1997. The print edition has an ISBN-13 of 9780868195209 and an ISBN-10 of 0868195200.

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