Too Young for Ghosts

Too Young for Ghosts is a play by Janis Balodis. Probing two points of contact between European migrants and northern Queensland, the play entwines the experience of Latvian migrants in 1948 and the expeditions of Ludwig Leichhardt in 1845.^[1] It was produced by both the Melbourne Theatre Company and Sydney Theatre Company in 1985, with subsequent productions in Brisbane in 1988 and Perth in 1991.^[2]

Awards and nominations


Year	Award	Result	Ref.
1986	Louis Esson Prize for Drama	Won	^[3]

References

^ Makeham, Paul B. "[Review of] Janis Balodis, "The Ghosts Trilogy" (Too Young For Ghosts; No Going Back; My Father's Father) Sydney: Currency Press, 1997". Australasian Drama Studies. 32: 159–162. ISSN 0810-4123.
^ "Too Young for Ghosts". www.ausstage.edu.au. Retrieved 2021-05-30.
^ "Wednesday Magazine". The Canberra Times. Vol. 61, no. 18, 634. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 8 October 1986. p. 18. Retrieved 30 May 2021 – via National Library of Australia.

External links

Too Young for Ghosts at Google Books

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[1] Makeham, Paul B. "[Review of] Janis Balodis, "The Ghosts Trilogy" (Too Young For Ghosts; No Going Back; My Father's Father) Sydney: Currency Press, 1997". Australasian Drama Studies. 32: 159–162. ISSN 0810-4123.

[2] "Too Young for Ghosts". www.ausstage.edu.au. Retrieved 2021-05-30.

[3] "Wednesday Magazine". The Canberra Times. Vol. 61, no. 18, 634. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 8 October 1986. p. 18. Retrieved 30 May 2021 – via National Library of Australia.

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