No sugar (1 Viewer)

[leeha]

Anyone else doing this text? we learnt a bit about summer of the 17th doll but never went through no sugar..our teacher didnt have much luck with our classss yaaaaay..
anyone have any notes or just anything to say on the text..? i dont know any techniques or themes really..jus managed to get through the trials with the worst points made hahaha
any help very much appreciated

 

[blueyez]

heya, it's probably too late for me to post as youve probably found the info somewhere else, but just in case you havnt, heres some background and an intro;

Jack Davis, born in Perth 1917, wrote ‘“No Sugar”’, a play telling of an aboriginal family’s fight for survival and equality during The Depression. Set in 1929, it deals with the way aboriginals were treated. Davis was a prominent aboriginal figure and playwright. For services to his people, he received the British Empire Medal in 1977. In 1986, ‘“No Sugar”’ was co-winner of the Australian Writers Guild Award for the best stage play of the year.
Through “No Sugar”, Davis gives an insight into aboriginal life and how aboriginal people were treated in the 1920s-30s. We are presented with the hardships they faced and the relationship they had with westerners or white people.

 

[leeha]

thanks heaps for that. yeah i kinda just expanded on some notes i found on this site. just use their techniques and will make up stuff about performing the play and all that jazz... still think its not all that great tho, but oh well..