Who's Afraid of the Working Class?

Andrew Bovell, Patricia Cornelius, Melissa Reeves , Christos Tsiolkas

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Currency Press Pty Ltd
22 July 2014

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Five plays are intertwined in one in this story of fringe dwellers living in an age of social, economic and moral deprivation. Mostly without work, and politically disengaged, they work at survival.

'With intelligence, well-judged humour and the searching qualities of truly memorable theatre, the play peels away political propaganda and notions of correctness to present a candid, difficult, searing portrait of the poor and marginalised.' — Sydney Morning Herald

Who's Afraid of the Working Class? was adapted into the feature film Blessed.

By: Andrew Bovell, Patricia Cornelius, Melissa Reeves, Christos Tsiolkas
By (composer): Irine Vela
Imprint: Currency Press Pty Ltd
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 230mm, Width: 150mm, Spine: 5mm
Weight: 158g
ISBN: 9781925005240
ISBN 10: 1925005240
Publication Date: 22 July 2014
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Andrew Bovell is an award-winning writer for theatre, film and television. His AWGIE award-winning play 'Speaking in Tongues' has been seen throughout Australia as well as in Europe and the US and Bovell adapted it for the screen as Lantana. Patricia Cornelius is a founding member of Melbourne Workers Theatre and an award-winning playwright who has written over twenty plays including Do Not Go Gentle (winner of the 2006 Patrick White Playwrights' Award and the 2011 NSW Premier's Literary Award), Love, Boy Overboard, Lilly and May, Jack's Daughters and, in collaboration with Andrew Bovell, Melissa Reeves, Christos Tsiolkas and Irine Vela, Who's Afraid of the Working Class and Fever.