The Playmaker
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The Playmaker is a historical novel by Australian author Thomas Keneally that dramatizes the staging of a play by convicts and officers in an early New South Wales penal colony.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Playmaker canonical | 1 |
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
historical novel
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Thomas Keneally NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Australia ⓘ |
| depicts |
life in an early Australian penal settlement
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rehearsal and performance of a stage play ⓘ relationships between convicts and officers ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterType |
British officers
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colonial administrators ⓘ convicts ⓘ |
| genre |
Australian literature
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historical fiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | Australian ⓘ |
| hasFictionalStatus | fictionalized account of historical events ⓘ |
| hasMedium | print ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
British Empire
NERFINISHED
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history of New South Wales ⓘ penal colonies ⓘ transportation of convicts to Australia ⓘ |
| hasWorkType | standalone novel ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | early European theatre in Australia ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | 20th-century Australian novel ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
art and imagination
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class and social hierarchy ⓘ colonialism ⓘ power and authority ⓘ punishment and redemption ⓘ survival ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | staging of a play by convicts and officers ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| settingContext | early New South Wales penal colony ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
New South Wales
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Sydney Cove NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTimePeriod | late 18th century ⓘ |
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