Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
Detailed App Info:
Application Description
This ground-breaking app offers a curated experience around the full text of Ray Lawler's classic Australian play, allowing users to explore the piece from a variety of perspectives. There is a substantial amount of multimedia content, which builds upon the play's resonance within our dramatic canon, as well as the broader cultural landscape.
The Content
* The full play text
* 145 audio grabs drawn from interviews with 8 accomplished theatre practitioners, actors and an academic/theatre critic. They are embedded in the play script, and elsewhere throughout the app, offering a guided tour through the play - on stage and behind the scenes. Interviewees: Ray Lawler, Neil Armfield, Sandy Gore, Steve Le Marquand, John McCallum, Travis McMahon and Susie Porter.
* A brand new 20 minute interview with Ray Lawler - in conversation with Alison Croggon - charting the play's history, from its genesis to present day.
* 218 photos, programmes, letters and design sketches from major institutions around Australia; hand-picked by Currency Press.
* 5 articles from respected thinkers.
The Features
* The play text is fully searchable, with an in-built dictionary.
* You can annotate the play text too, and all your annotations are stored in one place. They are ordered chronologically and easily shared by email.
* Wander through a pictorial timeline of the play's long history.
* Listen to detailed character analyses, drawn from multiple perspectives.
* Go behind the scenes of key productions, and hear from those who were involved in bringing the play to life on stage.
* Read a range of considered viewpoints on the play's social, historical and theatrical significance.
The Content
* The full play text
* 145 audio grabs drawn from interviews with 8 accomplished theatre practitioners, actors and an academic/theatre critic. They are embedded in the play script, and elsewhere throughout the app, offering a guided tour through the play - on stage and behind the scenes. Interviewees: Ray Lawler, Neil Armfield, Sandy Gore, Steve Le Marquand, John McCallum, Travis McMahon and Susie Porter.
* A brand new 20 minute interview with Ray Lawler - in conversation with Alison Croggon - charting the play's history, from its genesis to present day.
* 218 photos, programmes, letters and design sketches from major institutions around Australia; hand-picked by Currency Press.
* 5 articles from respected thinkers.
The Features
* The play text is fully searchable, with an in-built dictionary.
* You can annotate the play text too, and all your annotations are stored in one place. They are ordered chronologically and easily shared by email.
* Wander through a pictorial timeline of the play's long history.
* Listen to detailed character analyses, drawn from multiple perspectives.
* Go behind the scenes of key productions, and hear from those who were involved in bringing the play to life on stage.
* Read a range of considered viewpoints on the play's social, historical and theatrical significance.
Requirements
Your mobile device must have at least 220.29 MB of space to download and install Summer of the Seventeenth Doll app. Summer of the Seventeenth Doll was updated to a new version. Purchase this version for $18.99
If you have any problems with installation or in-app purchase, found bugs, questions, comments about this application, you can visit the official website of Currency Press Pty Ltd at http://www.currencypress.com.au.
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