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The Secret River (play)
The Secret River is a play by Australian playwright Andrew Bovell,[1] based upon the 2005 novel of the same name by Kate Grenville. It premiered in Sydney on 8 August 2013. SynopsisNarrated by Dhirrumbin, the drama is about a man who is exiled from London in the eighteenth century, and is sent with his family to a penal colony in the Hawkesbury River, New South Wales, where he hopes to make a new start, but its Indigenous inhabitants, the Dharug people, are not willing to give up their land. ProductionThe play was first produced by the Sydney Theatre Company (STC).[2] Choreographer and then artistic director for Bangarra Dance Theatre, Stephen Page, was artistic associate for the production.[2] Performances2013The STC production of The Secret River had its world premiere on 8 January 2013 at the Sydney Theatre[3] as part of Sydney Festival.[2] The cast included Nathaniel Dean, Trevor Jamieson, Daniel Henshall, Miranda Tapsell, and Ursula Yovich.[3] 2016A 2016 remount toured Sydney,[4] Melbourne,[5] and Brisbane.[6] 2017In March 2017, a co-production of the State Theatre Company of South Australia and the Sydney Theatre Company, co-directed by Neil Armfield and Geordie Brookman, was staged at Anstey Hill Quarry as part of the Adelaide Festival.[7] The show was a record-breaking success, selling out all performances over its 18 nights, with an audience of 800 each night.[8] 2019It was scheduled to tour to Edinburgh International Festival and the Royal National Theatre in London in 2019.[2] Characters
Original castThe cast for the 2013 production included:[9]
Awards and nominationsHelpmann awards
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