Too Young for Ghosts

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Too Young for Ghosts
Written byJanis Balodis
Date premiered4 July 1985
Place premieredStudio, Victorian Arts Centre
Original languageEnglish
Genrefamily drama

Too Young for Ghosts is a 1985 play by Janis Balodis. [1]

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It was produced by both the Melbourne Theatre Company and Sydney Theatre Company in 1985, with subsequent productions in Brisbane in 1988 and Perth in 1991. [2]

Synopsis

Probing two points of contact between European migrants and northern Queensland, the play entwines the experience of Latvian migrants in 1948 and the expeditions of Ludwig Leichhardt in 1845. [3]

Critical reception

In a brief review in The Age a reviewer called it "a powerful work told with humour and awareness". [4]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardResultRef.
1986 Louis Esson Prize for Drama Won [5]

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References

  1. "Too Young for Ghosts by Janis Balodis". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
  2. "Too Young for Ghosts". www.ausstage.edu.au. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  3. Makeham, Paul B. "[Review of] Janis Balodis, "The Ghosts Trilogy" (Too Young For Ghosts; No Going Back; My Father's Father) Sydney: Currency Press, 1997". Australasian Drama Studies. 32: 159–162. ISSN   0810-4123.
  4. ""Theatre for Everyone"". The Age, 22 February 1985, p17. ProQuest   2521216888 . Retrieved 12 December 2024.
  5. "Wednesday Magazine". The Canberra Times . Vol. 61, no. 18, 634. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 8 October 1986. p. 18. Retrieved 30 May 2021 via National Library of Australia.