''Blood Relations'' is a play by

David Malouf David George Joseph Malouf AO (; born 20 March 1934) is an Australian poet, novelist, short story writer, playwright and librettist. Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2008, Malouf has lectured at both the University of Quee ...

. Set in tropical Western Australia, it concerns a family group gathering around patriarch Willy at Christmas. It has been described as an Australian re-telling of '' The Tempest''. First produced in a

Sydney Theatre Company Sydney Theatre Company (STC) is an Australian theatre company based in Sydney, New South Wales. The company performs in The Wharf Theatre at Dawes Point in The Rocks area of Sydney, as well as the Roslyn Packer Theatre (formerly Sydney Thea ...

and State Theatre Company of South Australia co-production, it opened on 24 June 1987 at the

Sydney Opera House The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts centre in Sydney. Located on the foreshore of Sydney Harbour, it is widely regarded as one of the world's most famous and distinctive buildings and a masterpiece of 20th-century architec ...

's Drama Theatre directed by Jim Sharman. ''Blood Relations'' received the 1987 NSW Premier's Literary Award in the Play category.

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