Too Young for Ghosts | |
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Written by | Janis Balodis |
Date premiered | 4 July 1985 |
Place premiered | Studio, Victorian Arts Centre |
Original language | English |
Genre | family drama |
Too Young for Ghosts is a 1985 play by Janis Balodis. [1]
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]
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]
In a brief review in The Age a reviewer called it "a powerful work told with humour and awareness". [4]
Year | Award | Result | Ref. |
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1986 | Louis Esson Prize for Drama | Won | [5] |
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