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.

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instanceOf historical novel
novel
author Thomas Keneally NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Australia
depicts life in an early Australian penal settlement
rehearsal and performance of a stage play
relationships between convicts and officers
featuresCharacterType British officers
colonial administrators
convicts
genre Australian literature
historical fiction
hasAuthorNationality Australian
hasFictionalStatus fictionalized account of historical events
hasMedium print
hasSubject British Empire NERFINISHED
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
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 NERFINISHED
Sydney Cove NERFINISHED
settingTimePeriod late 18th century

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Thomas Keneally notableWork The Playmaker