Blood Relations (Malouf play) explained

Blood Relations
Director:	Jim Sharman
Premiere:	24 June 1987
Place:	Sydney
Orig Lang:	English
Genre:	drama

Blood Relations is a play by David Malouf.^[1] Set in tropical Western Australia, it concerns a family group gathering around patriarch Willy at Christmas.^[2] It has been described as an Australian re-telling of The Tempest.^[3]

First produced in a Sydney Theatre Company and State Theatre Company of South Australia co-production, it opened on 24 June 1987 at the Sydney Opera House's Drama Theatre directed by Jim Sharman.^{[4] [5]}

Blood Relations received the 1987 NSW Premier's Literary Award in the Play category.

See also

• 1987 in Australian literature

Notes and References

1. Web site: Austlit — Blood Relations By David Malouf . Austlit. 24 April 2024.
2. Web site: BLOOD RELATIONS by David Malouf. 2021-05-30. www.middlemiss.org.
3. Web site: "A Sort of Buzzing: Queer Sound in David Malouf's Blood Relations" . Monash University . 24 April 2024.
4. Web site: Blood Relations. 2021-05-30. www.ausstage.edu.au.
5. News: THEATRE A tragedy on the grubby side . . 61 . 18,907 . Australian Capital Territory, Australia . 10 July 1987 . 30 May 2021 . 12 . National Library of Australia.