DECEPTIONS - PLAY READING at Hadley's Hotel in the Atrium (SOLD OUT)
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Written by award winning Tasmanian playwright Stella Kent, Deceptions will be presented at a sumptuous afternoon tea at Hadley’s in the Atrium.Gwen Harwood, furious that mainland editors refuse to publish her poems because
they dismiss her as a Hobart housewife, resorts to submitting her work under male
pseudonyms. Her publication rate soars. In revenge she submits a poem to the
Bulletin with a wicked hidden acrostic. It is a turning point. Gwen Harwood can no
longer be ignored and goes on to takes her place as one of Australia’s most
significant and beloved poets.
Gwen’s story interweaves with the Orr scandal, one of the first sexual harassment
cases in Australia, which tears apart the University and Tasmania in the 1950s over
Professor Orr’s seduction of a female student.
Directed by veteran director Peter Hammond, recipient of the latest Theatre Council of Tasmania Lifetime Achievement Award, with a cast including Michael Edgar, winner of the very first Lifetime Achievement Award
Location
Hadley's Orient Hotel in the Atrium
34 Murray Street, Hobart Tasmania 7000
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DECEPTIONS - PLAY READING at Hadley's Hotel in the Atrium (SOLD OUT)
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