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After the Ball (play)

Play by David Williamson

Field	Value
name	After the Ball
image	After the Ball, by David Williamson.jpg
author	David Williamson
cover_artist	Cover photograph shows Penny Everingham as Kate (older) and Billie Brown as Stephen (older) in the 1997 Queensland Theatre Company production. Photo: Rob MacColl.
country	Australia
language	English
genre	Play
publisher	Currency Press
release_date	1997
media_type	Print (Paperback)
isbn	978-0-86819-537-7

After the Ball is a play by Australian playwright David Williamson, published by Currency Press in 1997. Williamson wrote the play in response to his mother's death.

Plot

The play is about Stephen, who has, with ill grace, returned home to his mother's deathbed. As he and his sister rake through the family photographs and childhood memories, they find conflicting versions of their parents’ unhappy marriage.

Background

The play was partly inspired by the death of Williamson's mother in 1995.

First Production

After the Ball was first produced by Queensland Theatre Company at the Suncorp Theatre, Brisbane, on 3 July 1997.

Cast

Kate Macrae (older): Penny Everingham
Judy Macrae (older): Jennifer Flowers
Stephen Macrae (older): Bille Brown
Ron Macrae: Max Gillies
Kate Macrae (younger): Carol Burns
Judy Macrae (younger) / nurse: Melissa McMahon
Stephen Macrae (younger): Anthony Weigh
Claire Cummins: Gael Ballantyne
Maureen Donahue: Sally McKenzie

Crew

Director: Robyn Nevin
Designer: Bill Haycock
Lighting Designer: David Walters
Music: Max Lambert

References

Williamson, David. "After the Ball". Currency Press.
[http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/03/24/25trev-aftertheball.htm Bryce Hallett, "Elegy for two generations gets clear, forceful staging at last", ''Sydney Morning Herald'', 25 March 2002] accessed 29 November 2012
Cochrane, Peter. (14 March 1997). "Williamson's World". The Sydney Morning Herald.

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