Book and Lyrics by Nick Enright
The
Mary Bryant story begins in the late 1800's, when she is sentenced to seven
years deportation to the Botany Bay penal colony. Desperate and hungry, a small
band of convicts including Mary escape to sea on the colony's fishing boat, and
in one of the greatest sailing voyages in history, travel over 5,000 kilometres
to Koepang.Originally commissioned by WAAPA and performed there as The Voyage of Mary Bryant in 1996, the work was later revised and presented in 1998 NSW by the Ensemble Theatre Company. MARY BRYANT was recently revived by the Magnormos Prompt Musicals program to critical acclaim.