Patricia Cornelius is one of Australia’s most admired and awarded playwrights, but our mainstage companies have been very slow to embrace her plays. The Melbourne-based writer, who recently turned 70, discusses her career with Elissa Blake and how 2023 is going to be a good year.
At the appointed time, I call Patricia Cornelius to talk about her life, her writing and her play Do Not Go Gentle, which is about to receive its long-awaited mainstage debut at Sydney Theatre Company.
We’ve spoken before but Cornelius seems unusually wary. First, she needs to know: am I really who I say I am?
It turns out that just before the interview, the award-winning, Melbourne-based playwright almost fell victim...
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