Wednesday, October 21, 2020

Play review - "Brilliant Lies" by David Williamson (1993)

 Remarkable to compare with his later plays. Back then, if he had an issue he exactly dramatised and explored it - in this case sexual harrassment. He also developed his subplots better - the A plot is about a sexual harrassment in the workplace case, the B plot concerns abuse in the family. 

His characters are different - there's the regulation alpha male businessman and sexy woman who is basically a hooker, but also her lesbian architect sister and Christian brother and shonky broke businessman father. There is a solid mystery - we're never sure until the end what happened - and rich family scenes. It's a very good play.

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