''The Season at Sarsaparilla: a charade of suburbia in 2 acts'' is a 1962 play by Australian writer Patrick White. It concerns three households, the Pogsons, the Boyles, and the Knotts, in the fictional suburb of Sarsaparilla. This play was written shortly after the first performance of earlier play ''

The Ham Funeral ''The Ham Funeral'' is a play by Australian writer Patrick White. It was written in 1948 and is loosely based on a painting by William Dobell, ''The Dead Landlord''. Plot The play is set in a filthy rooming house in the depressing context of pos ...

'' and while '' Riders in the Chariot'' was being prepared for publication. ''The Season at Sarsaparilla'' premiered in 1962 directed by John Tasker for the Adelaide University Theatre Guild in association with the

Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust The Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust is a theatre and performing arts company that was founded in September 1954, with the aim of establishing drama, opera and ballet companies nationally. Founding In 1954 the Australian Elizabethan Theatre T ...

. This was the basis for a 1963 professional production at Sydney's Theatre Royal, presented by J.C. Williamson's. Other major productions have included: *a 1962 Union Theatre Repertory Company (Melbourne) production directed by John Sumner *a 1976 Old Tote Theatre Company (Sydney) production directed by

Jim Sharman James David Sharman (born 12 March 1945) is an Australian director and writer for film and stage with more than 70 productions to his credit. He is renowned in Australia for his work as a theatre director from the 1960s to the present, and is b ...

*a 1984

State Theatre Company of South Australia The State Theatre Company of South Australia (STCSA), branded State Theatre Company South Australia, formerly the South Australian Theatre Company (SATC), is South Australia's leading professional theatre company, and a statutory corporation. I ...

(Adelaide) production directed by Neil Armfield *a 2007 Sydney Theatre Company production directed by Benedict Andrews (which was nominated for the 2007

Helpmann Award for Best Play The Helpmann Award for Best Play is a theatre award, presented by Live Performance Australia (LPA) at the annual Helpmann Awards since 2001. The award is for a production of a play, which may be a new work or a revival of an existing work. This ...

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