Picnic at Hanging Rock
by Joan Lindsay, Tom Wright

Picnic at Hanging Rock Book Cover
Picnic at Hanging Rock Cover

Synopsis

'I know you're there...Miranda?

Miranda!' On a summer's day in 1900, three Australian schoolgirls on a picnic expedition to the remote Hanging Rock abscond from their group.

They are last seen heading towards the beckoning Rock...In Tom Wright's chilling adaptation of Joan Lindsay's classic novel, five performers struggle to solve the mystery of the missing girls and their teacher.

Euphoria and terror reverberate throughout the community, as the potential for history to repeat itself becomes nightmarishly real.

This adaptation of Picnic at Hanging Rock was first co-produced by Malthouse Theatre and Black Swan State Theatre Company, Perth, and first performed at Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne, in 2016.

The play received its European premiere at the Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh, in 2017.

Publication

Publisher Samuel French

Picnic at Hanging Rock is a play written by Joan Lindsay and published by Samuel French .

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