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The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson, or simply The Drover's Wife, is a 2021 Australian revisionist Western film directed, written, and co-produced by Leah Purcell in her feature directorial debut. It is an adaptation of Purcell's 2016 play and a reimagining of Henry Lawson 's 1892 short story.
Nov 9, 2021 · Leah Purcell’s The Drover’s Wife: the Legend of Molly Johnson is an inspired and compelling re-imagining of Henry Lawson’s The Drover’s Wife, a short story originally published in The...
Mar 18, 2021 · In the 1892 short story by Henry Lawson, The Drover’s Wife, a woman fends for herself in the harsh Australian outback. But while Lawson had seen fit to name the protagonist’s son and even her dog—Tommy and Alligator, respectively—the woman herself remains nameless. Enter a full reimagining by Australian Aboriginal actor-filmmaker Leah Purcell.
Aug 19, 2022 · Henry Lawson’s 1892 short story The Drover’s Wife is a core Australian text, the tale of a woman living in a remote rural cabin in the outback of the late 19 th century. Her husband is away for months at a time, driving livestock, and when a snake approaches her cabin, she protects her children.
May 2, 2022 · The story is centred on the heavily pregnant Molly Johnson (Purcell), whose husband is away droving cattle, leaving her on their remote Snowy Mountains homestead to care for their four children.
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May 10, 2021 · The Klintoffs are basically decent, well-meaning people — which Molly obviously recognizes when she accepts their offer to temporarily resettle her children in Everton — and the film grants ...
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May 10, 2021 · The Klintoffs are basically decent, well-meaning people — which Molly obviously recognizes when she accepts their offer to temporarily resettle her children in Everton — and the film grants ...
