• "No Sugar" by Jack Davis and Seven Stages of Grieving by Deborah Mailman and Wesley Enoch

     

    Essays4 Art, Music

Evaluation:
Published: 01.12.1996.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays '"No Sugar" by Jack Davis and Seven Stages of Grieving by Deborah Mailman and Wes', 1.
  • Essays '"No Sugar" by Jack Davis and Seven Stages of Grieving by Deborah Mailman and Wes', 2.
  • Essays '"No Sugar" by Jack Davis and Seven Stages of Grieving by Deborah Mailman and Wes', 3.
Extract

Today, most White Australians are sensitive and distinctively aware of the social and cultural issues related to Aborigines. This must be credited to playwrights such as Jack Davis and Wesley Enoch&Deborah Mailman as they reveal the brutal discrimination, abuse to Australia's Indigenous people and their sacred culture through their pieces No Sugar and 7 Stages of Grieving. Both plays utilise the theatrical techniques of Western theatre in conjunction with their tradition way of story telling to convey themes of struggle, prejudice and the destruction of Aboriginal culture. First wave playwright, Jack Davis writes the lives of the Millimurra family in their struggle to survive the Depression early in the 20th century No Sugar, while 7 Stages of Grieving focuses on the lives of the modern generation of Australian Aboriginal. This time gap will reflect the changing cultural, social and political issues in Australia.…

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