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Not in Print: playwrights off script - on inspiration, process and theatre itselfAuthor: Currency Press: the performing arts publisher
Currency Press believes in theatre that raises more questions than answers, so were talking to Australian playwrights about their work, getting insights straight from the source Language: en-au Genres: Arts, Performing Arts Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Kate Mulvany on her play The Shiralee
Episode 51
Thursday, 27 August, 2026
We sat down with multi-award-winning playwright Kate Mulvany to discuss her new play The Shiralee, adapted from the novel by D'Arcy Niland and published by Currency Press in August 2026. Macauley is a swagman earning his keep by prize-fighting his way across the country. Far away in Sydney’s Kings Cross, his almost ten-year-old daughter Buster lives with her lonely mother Marge, who is struggling to make ends meet. When Macauley returns home one night to find Marge in bed with another man, and Buster drunk on sherry, he throws Buster over his shoulder and takes her into his unforgiving lifestyle as a swagman on the open road. ‘Breathes new life into a classic Australian story. One that has now, surely, become an Australian classic play.’— The Scoop AU Available now at currency.com.au!
