The Drover's Wife PLAY NOT THE BOOK

Author(s): Leah Purcell

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Henry Lawson's iconic story gets a fresh re-write. Once again the Drover's Wife is confronted by a threat in her yard, but now it's a man. He's bleeding, he's got secrets, and he's black. She knows there's a fugitive wanted for killing whites, and the district is thick with troopers, but something's holding the Drover's Wife back from turning this fella in...


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Winner of the Victorian Prize for Literature 2016

Leah Purcell is a proud Goa-Gunggari-Wakka Wakka Murri woman from Queensland. She is an actor, writer and director. Leahs awards include the 2014 Balnaves Foundation Indigenous Playwrights Award, a 2013 AACTA Award for Best Female Actor in a TV Drama for Redfern Now, a Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Play and Matilda Awards for Best Actress and Director for The Story of the Miracles at Cookies Table, a Film Critics Circle Award and an IF Award for Lantana, two Actor of the Year and one Singer of the Year Deadly Awards, the inaugural Bob Maza Fellowship, and the prestigious Eisenhower Fellowship for her artistic endeavours, community philanthropy and cultural activism. Leah is a proud member of Actors Equity.

General Fields

  • : 9781925005714
  • : Currency Press
  • : Currency Press
  • : 0.1
  • : July 2016
  • : 210mm X 137mm
  • : Australia
  • : September 2016
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Leah Purcell
  • : Paperback
  • : 916
  • : 819.2
  • : 80