Patrick White and Australian Theatrical Modernism: from modern drama to contemporary performance

该项目解决了帕特里克白色的问题，一个典型的，但有争议的小说家，他的贡献，澳大利亚戏剧现代主义是公认的。对白色的新分析侧重于他的戏剧和他从1961年到2012年的众多戏剧表演，旨在为澳大利亚戏剧发展一个重要的新叙事，映射从现代戏剧到当代表演的旅程。借鉴大量的评论，照片和注释脚本档案，白色的戏剧研究旨在重新评估帕特里克白色对澳大利亚现代主义的影响，并重新定位他的工作在二十一世纪的接受背景。

The project addresses the question of Patrick White, a canonical but contentious novelist, whose contribution to Australian theatrical modernism is under-recognised. This new analysis of White that focuses on his drama and the numerous theatrical performances of his plays from 1961 to 2012 aims to develop a significant new narrative for Australian theatre that maps the journey from modern drama to contemporary performance. Drawing on the considerable archive of reviews, photographs and annotated scripts, this study of White’s theatre aims to re-assess the impact of Patrick White on Australian modernism and reposition his work within a twenty-first century context of reception.