The derogatory language used by Mrs Davidson in Act II Scene One towards Jeanne is one example of post war Australia's opinions housed towards multiculturalism. ... Lawler acquired success through his play Summer of the Seventeenth Doll which Biddy Allen stated in the Argus "[Lawler] has written a play so superbly true to Australian thought and the Australian stage that theatrical conventions disappear." (29th,November 1955) Lawler uses strong imagery such as "bronzed gods" ...

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