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Life After George

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Peter George, charismatic academic, idealist, lover of life, is dead. His wife, two ex-wives and daughter gather for his funeral. As the true nature of the man and his life unfolds, so these women discover much about themselves and the lives they have lived both within and outside his shadow.

Life After George is a moving and perceptive insight into social change across three decades told through individual experiences. From the barricades of the student movements of the late 1960s to the new century with its demands for different educational strategies, the university has been central to change. And it is on this stage that George played out his brilliant, tempestuous career.

Written with passion and dangerous wit, Life After George is a compelling new drama from the author of Hotel Sorrento.

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  • 6 total
  • 4 female identifying, 2 male identifying
  • history
  • 18+
  • young adult, adult
  • Currency Press


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WHEELER CENTRE

VIDEO: Playwrights talk about finding their unique style and methodology, and the personal experiences that inspire their work. Raimondo Cortese, Hannie Rayson, Lally Katz and Jenny Kemp discuss the dramas of drama with Dr Denise Varney. Recorded at the Wheeler Centre in September 2011.

WHAT I WROTE: HANNIE RAYSON

WHAT I WROTE, 2007

Link to Hannie Rayson's "What I Wrote" page, which includes video, teachers' notes and more.

REVIEW: INSIGHTS INTO THE FADED HOPES OF THE 60S GENERATION

KAYE TUCKER, 24 OCTOBER 2000

"...an absorbing investigation into the life of Peter George, a recently deceased university professor. The gregarious professor, a defender of academic excellence and liberal humanism, had been under siege from the commercially oriented university administration. Rayson's play is a witty and insightful comment the general loss of hope amongst a section of the intellectual milieu."

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