compare and contrast two plays
This essay will compare and contrast two plays by aboriginal and Torres Strait islander playwrights. The first “in our town” by jack Davis and the second “the seven stages of grieving” by Wesley Enoch and Deborah Mailman.
Jack Davis was born in Perth in 1917. He was brought up at both Yarloop and Moore river native settlement. He first began to learn the language and culture of his people, the people of south- Western Australia the Noongar clan, while he lived on the Brookton aboriginal reserve. He became an activist on behalf of his people and form in the years of 1967-1971 he was the director of the aboriginal centre in Perth. Following that he moved onto being the first chairman of the Aboriginal Lands Trust WA, and from 1972-1977 he was the managing director of the Aboriginal Publications Foundation. Jack was a member of the IAC (Institute of aboriginal studies) located in Canberra, and has established a course for fellow aboriginal writers at Murdoch University. Mr Davis has done other plays such as Kullark, The Dreamers, No Sugar and Honey Spot a children’s play.
Wesley Enoch in Brisbane in 1969, he is a playwright and artistic director in QLD. Enoch was trained in Drama in the Bachelor of Arts (Drama) course at Queensland University of Technology where he directed and acted in many productions. He was also a founding member of the QUT Bonzani Commedia Troupe.Wesley has been Artistic Director of Kooemba Jdarra Indigenous Performing Arts, an Associate Artist with the Queensland Theatre Company, Resident Director with the Sydney Theatre Company, Artistic Director of Ilbijerri Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Theatre Co-Operative and Associate Artistic Director Company B Belvoir St.[3]
The plays that he writes and those he directs deal with issues of Aboriginal culture and the complexities of Australian race relations. Wesley attained prominence with his production of 7 Stages of Grieving (co-written with Deborah Mailman) and then with Jane Harrison
Jack Davis was born in Perth in 1917. He was brought up at both Yarloop and Moore river native settlement. He first began to learn the language and culture of his people, the people of south- Western Australia the Noongar clan, while he lived on the Brookton aboriginal reserve. He became an activist on behalf of his people and form in the years of 1967-1971 he was the director of the aboriginal centre in Perth. Following that he moved onto being the first chairman of the Aboriginal Lands Trust WA, and from 1972-1977 he was the managing director of the Aboriginal Publications Foundation. Jack was a member of the IAC (Institute of aboriginal studies) located in Canberra, and has established a course for fellow aboriginal writers at Murdoch University. Mr Davis has done other plays such as Kullark, The Dreamers, No Sugar and Honey Spot a children’s play.
Wesley Enoch in Brisbane in 1969, he is a playwright and artistic director in QLD. Enoch was trained in Drama in the Bachelor of Arts (Drama) course at Queensland University of Technology where he directed and acted in many productions. He was also a founding member of the QUT Bonzani Commedia Troupe.Wesley has been Artistic Director of Kooemba Jdarra Indigenous Performing Arts, an Associate Artist with the Queensland Theatre Company, Resident Director with the Sydney Theatre Company, Artistic Director of Ilbijerri Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Theatre Co-Operative and Associate Artistic Director Company B Belvoir St.[3]
The plays that he writes and those he directs deal with issues of Aboriginal culture and the complexities of Australian race relations. Wesley attained prominence with his production of 7 Stages of Grieving (co-written with Deborah Mailman) and then with Jane Harrison
References: of essay: Enoch, Wesley. ‘Murri Grief. ' Dialogue Issue 27 (June 1996):Pg 10 &14, 23/10.2013:. Grehan.H, (2001), theatre research international, vol26; Faction and Fusion in The 7 Stages of Grieving, pp106-116, United Kingdom. Pickering, K, 2003,’Tackling different kinds of play’, studying modern drama, 2nd edn, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke,pp.76-97. Shoemaker, A 1992, in Jack Davis “In Our Town”, 1992, currency press. The seven stages of grieving Enoch, W, 1996, Why do we applauded?,in the seven stages of grieving , Play lab press, 2002, third ed, third revised. Davis, J, In Our Town, Currency Press, 1992.