AUSTRALIA
WA Today
April 21, 2015
Elissa Blake
Arts writer
Set in an exclusive Catholic boys’ school rocked by accusations of sexual abuse, a new play, Vice, which is about to open at the King Street Theatre in Newtown, is an investigation into the “blurring of borders”, playwright Melvyn Morrow says.
“It’s a frightful, delicate and tragically topical subject and when you read about these things happening, everybody feels like they are an expert on the subject because they went to school as well,” Morrow explains. “I thought it would be interesting to show what life is like in a school and how teachers deal with moments when they are, for one reason or another, compromised.”
Morrow, 73, is best known for his work on The Mavis Bramston Show in the 1960s and the scripts for the jukebox musicals Dusty and Shout!.
He is also a career teacher, having taught English and drama in Europe, England and Sydney at St Ignatius’ College, Riverview, which was recently subject to accusations of sexual abuse levelled by a former student dating back some 30 years.
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