Top Silk
Written byDavid Williamson
Characters5M, 4F
Date premiered11 January 1989
Place premieredSeymour Centre, Sydney
Original languageEnglish

Top Silk is a play by David Williamson concerning two lawyers.[1] It is not regarded as one of his strongest plays but was very successful commercially.[2]

Plot

A legal aid solicitor and a prominent barrister battle over their individual careers and the future of their teenage son.

Original cast

Reception

The play was better received in Melbourne than Sydney.[3]

Despite relatively poor reviews, including a negative critic from HG Kippax of the Sydney Morning Herald, the 1989 production still earned over $2 million.[4]

References

  1. ^ Top Silk at AusStage
  2. ^ Cochrane, Peter (14 March 1997). "Williamson's World". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 15.
  3. ^ "WILLIAMSON'S LATEST PLAY". The Canberra Times. Vol. 63, no. 19, 622. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 29 June 1989. p. 1 (GOOD TIMES). Retrieved 17 October 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "A Tall Poppy Among the Critics". Sydney Morning Herald. 10 March 1990. p. 38 (Good Weekend).

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