Staging a Revolution [electronic resource] : : When Betty Rocked the Pram

Kath Kenny2022

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“What a riveting, energising read. Kenny’s meticulous research and extensive interviews with a who’s who of Australian cultural life from the 1960s and ’70s recreates so vividly the heady, hopeful, and often fraught times of Melbourne’s Pram Factory and the APG. Front row, backstage, on stage – we discover how much we didn’t know about the fight for women’s rights, the politics of revolutionary theatre and the ongoing significance of all the seemingly age-old battles for autonomy and self-representation. Staging a Revolution is a stunning and stunningly important book.” Bernadette Brennan “Women’s liberation, consciousness raising and collective processes. From the front line of feminism in Australian theatre, a reminder of how much we owe these remarkable women.” Wendy Harmer In January 1972, five women took to the stage of Carlton’s Pram Factory to preview their women’s play Betty Can Jump. Claire Dobbin, Helen Garner, Evelyn Krape, Jude Kuring and Yvonne Marini mock...