The Touch of Silk

Season: 6 October to 30 October

Tickets Available From: 08-Sep-2010

Written by: Betty Roland
by arrangement with Anthony Williams Agency Pty Ltd

Directed by: David Goddard

This poignant drama centres on Jeanne, a homesick French war bride and her shell-shocked husband Jim, battling hardship and prejudice in a drought-stricken town in Northern Victoria. As the drought worsens, the harsh landscape provides a backdrop for the ignorant cruelty and small mindedness of the townsfolk as the play moves towards its tragic conclusion.

Hailed as the birth of Australian theatre at its premiere in 1928, The Touch of Silk is a moving and powerful drama.