The Chapel Perilous: Or The Perilous Adventures Of Sally Banner
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A landmark of Australian drama, The Chapel Perilous: Or The Perilous Adventures of Sally Banner chronicles the turbulent life of Sally Banner, a fiercely independent and rebellious woman whose journey from idealistic youth to disillusioned maturity serves as a searing critique of conformity, patriarchy, and political repression in mid-twentieth-century Australia. Written with bold, expressionistic theatricality, the play blends poetry, song, and surrealism to create a richly layered portrait of a woman who refuses to surrender her identity to the suffocating expectations of society. Dorothy Hewett draws on her own experiences as a communist activist and unconventional woman to infuse Sally's story with raw emotional honesty and fierce political conviction. The tone is at once defiant and elegiac, celebrating Sally's indomitable spirit even as it unflinchingly details the personal costs of living outside the boundaries of social acceptability. Widely regarded as one of the most important works in the Australian theatrical canon, it remains a powerful and provocative meditation on freedom, desire, and the price of nonconformity.
Author: Dorothy Hewett
Format: Paperback
Published: 1973, Currency Press Sydney
Genre: Plays
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
A landmark of Australian drama, The Chapel Perilous: Or The Perilous Adventures of Sally Banner chronicles the turbulent life of Sally Banner, a fiercely independent and rebellious woman whose journey from idealistic youth to disillusioned maturity serves as a searing critique of conformity, patriarchy, and political repression in mid-twentieth-century Australia. Written with bold, expressionistic theatricality, the play blends poetry, song, and surrealism to create a richly layered portrait of a woman who refuses to surrender her identity to the suffocating expectations of society. Dorothy Hewett draws on her own experiences as a communist activist and unconventional woman to infuse Sally's story with raw emotional honesty and fierce political conviction. The tone is at once defiant and elegiac, celebrating Sally's indomitable spirit even as it unflinchingly details the personal costs of living outside the boundaries of social acceptability. Widely regarded as one of the most important works in the Australian theatrical canon, it remains a powerful and provocative meditation on freedom, desire, and the price of nonconformity.