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Australian Arts

A lithe brilliance

6 April 2024

9:00 AM

6 April 2024

9:00 AM

It figures that Australians should write great plays about sport because we are exceptionally – some people would say excessively – good at it as befits a one-time dominion country fated for wealth and largesse but with no form of self-generated entertainment as big-time as kicking a ball around apart from the comparable mastery of cricket and swimming.

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