Bøker av David Williamson

In a moment of glory at the 1968 Olympics, the four Amigos, an Australian rowing team, won a bronze medal. It was lifetime bond material. But 35 years later, only two of the four Amigos keep in touch. Jim is a banker, with money, an expensive house, and a young and beautiful wife. It seems he has it all, but his friend Dick, a heart surgeon, has something that Jim wants: a sterling reputation. The two mates, and their wives, meet up in Port Douglas with competing personal agendas. And then a Steven, the third amigo, turns up, ready to expose all about their past. And so the games begin... 'Amigos' is a savagely funny play that exposes the subtle violence and unacknowledged dependencies of male friendship -- and the angst and irritation it causes their wives. Here David Williamson, Australia's most popular and successful playwright, looks at what happens when mateship and mating collide. (2 acts, 3 male, 2 female).

Australia''s most popular playwright explores community conferencing -- a process bringing together the victims and perpetrators of a crime to attempt some kind of reconciliation. When same come ''Face to Face'' with the employee who rammed his Mercedes, he must acknowledge responsibility for a series of incidents which helped to provoke the crime. In ''A Conversation'', the family of a rapist and murderer are confronted by the family of his victim. ''Charitable Intent'' focuses on the pressures and contradictions that erupt as workplace values change. This trilogy revels that courage and forgiveness run deeper in the human psyche than many cynics would have us believe.