Based on the true story of Johnnie Gavin, a 14 year old boy hung in WA in 1842.
This event is a pivotal one to the play, but also, at one level, removed. The story is primarily about three women and their realities, their values and their humanity in the context of a time that saw children hanged and this country
Credits
- Director
- Julia Cotton
- Writer
- Cathryn Robinson
- Designer
- Beverley Campbell Jackson
- Puppetry Director
- Peter Wilson
- Composer
- Helena Hendell
History
1987 Premiere Season
1989 Festival of Perth
1987 Performers
Julie Hudspeth
Joanne Foley
Laura Black
Shaunna O'Grady