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In 1789 in Sydney Cove, the remotest penal colony of the British Empire, a group of convicts and one of their captors unite to stage a play. As felons, perjurers and whores rehearse, their playmaker becomes strangely seduced. For the play's power is mirrored in the rich, varied life of this primitive land, and, not least, in the convict and actress, Mary Brenham.

The Playmaker

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In 1789 in Sydney Cove, the remotest penal colony of the British Empire, a group of convicts and one of... Read more

    Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
    Publication Date: 01/11/1988
    ISBN13: 9780340422632, 978-0340422632
    ISBN10: 0340422637

    Number of Pages: 400

    Fiction , Contemporary Fiction

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    In 1789 in Sydney Cove, the remotest penal colony of the British Empire, a group of convicts and one of their captors unite to stage a play. As felons, perjurers and whores rehearse, their playmaker becomes strangely seduced. For the play's power is mirrored in the rich, varied life of this primitive land, and, not least, in the convict and actress, Mary Brenham.

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