Blood Relations (Malouf play)

Blood Relations is a play by David Malouf.^[1] Set in tropical Western Australia, it concerns a family group gathering around patriarch Willy at Christmas.^[2] It has been described as an Australian re-telling of The Tempest.^[3]

Blood Relations
Written by	David Malouf
Directed by	Jim Sharman
Date premiered	24 June 1987
Place premiered	Sydney
Original language	English
Genre	drama

First produced in a Sydney Theatre Company and State Theatre Company of South Australia co-production, it opened on 24 June 1987 at the Sydney Opera House's Drama Theatre directed by Jim Sharman.^[4][5]

Blood Relations received the 1987 NSW Premier's Literary Award in the Play category.^[1]

See also

• 1987 in Australian literature