The Removalists
Removalists, The
Author: David Williamson
First Performance: 1971, Melbourne
Published: 1972
Genre: Play in 2 acts
Setting: Police station and the Carters' flat, Melbourne, 1970s
Cast: 4m, 2f
Sergeant Dan Simmonds is an old-time cynical policeman in his fifties who seeks only a quiet life, so when the keen young Constable Ross joins his station, Simmonds quickly cuts him down to size. Kate Le Page, the wife of a dentist, comes with her younger sister Fiona to register a complaint of wife-battering by Fiona's working-class husband Kenny Carter, and Simmonds seizes the opportunity to examine her bruised thighs with great care. Kate has already arranged for Fiona to leave Kenny, and Simmonds, hoping to get to know Kate better, volunteers his and Ross's help with the removalists (i.e. furniture removers)...
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