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Kirk Dodd, Lecturer in English and Writing, University of Sydney

The Shiralee brings a Shakespearean energy to the Aussie swag-man’s life

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A lyrical homage to the spirit of the Australian bush, Sydney Theatre Company’s The Shiralee is set on the highways and byways of 1950s Australia, with brief visits to the urban squalor of Kings Cross.

Adapted by Kate Mulvany and directed by Jessica Arthur, there is something Shakespearean about the play’s shifting between the cruel city and the pastoral expanses of the bush.

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