David Williamson’s 1971 classic The Removalists will be staged by the Melbourne Theatre Company next year as a direct response to several high-profile killings of women in Victoria.
The MTC artistic director, Anne-Louise Sarks, said she went looking for works about violence against women in the wake of the alleged murders of three women – Samantha Murphy, Hannah McGuire and Rebecca Young – in and around Ballarat earlier this year. The city has become a key focus amid a national debate on ending violence against women, with the federal government agreeing to a $4.7bn plan over the next five years to address the “national crisis”.
