The play focuses on the relationships between the characters, especially between Jeanne and the entire township. ... 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. ... In the conclusion of the play Jeanne decides to keep husband Jim from being placed in a mental hospital by lying to Hughes by saying that Jim caught her having an affair with Clifford Osborne therefore having "reason" to murder Osborne. ... Lawler acquired success through his play Summer of the Seventeenth Do...

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