Power plays

"The book looks at a number of contemporary Australian playwrights who seek to encourage discussions about current political, national and ideological issues and values in Australia. Power Plays is divided into thematic chapters which look at the theatre's take on indigenous identities, the history wars, rural and regional Australia, globalisation and class, border protection and the war on terror. It combines interviews with eight mainstream playwrights - Andrew Bovell, Patricia Cornelius, Reg Cribb, Ben Ellis, Wesley Enoch, Hannie Rayson, Stephen Sewell, Katherine Thomson - with analyses of their plays, and other plays which cover similiar terrain, to examine how the contemporary theatre is contributing to the public agenda."--Publisher.