Belonging: Australian playwriting in the 20th century Year 1 Asian and Indigenous texts are

Asian and Indigenous texts are featured along with classic

Away explores the comedy and tragedy of their lives

just up the gorge and along the hills

Fred's mother died when she was six and she's been raised by her Pop and adoptive father

and she's in secret

Belonging: Australian playwriting in the 20th century Year 1 Asian and Indigenous texts areThis new history explores the relationship between twentieth century Australian drama and a developing concept of nation. The book focuses on the creative tension sparked by the duelling impulses of nationalism and cosmopolitanism. Also competing are artistic seriousness and larrikin populism. This book examines the influence of European high culture and popular theatrical forms on Australian drama, the ambivalence (between affection and aggression)