The sweater that Pearl is knitting for Barney’s son is a powerful symbol of her longing for a normal, traditional, “proper” domesticated life. Johnnie’s suggestion that everyone still calls her Bubba because they want to keep her a kid and not allow her to mature resonates and his calling her Kathie makes her real name more than just a symbol of her maturity, but an active agent in the maturation process. Kathie is Bubba’s real name and Johnnie Dowd’s asking what it is and instantly deciding that he is going to address that way from then on transforms it into almost a talisman. Wearing it is her way of essentially saying to everybody that she is the only adult in the room around all this mad “offseason” craziness. Pearl’s “Good Black” DressĪt the other extreme is the symbolism of Pearl’s dress what she terms her “good black.” This dress becomes Pearl’s almost defiant symbol of maturity. Trappings is the key word here because marriage seems like being trapped to Olive. The Kewpie doll that Roo has made a tradition of bringing to Olive each year they spend together during the layoff season becomes the central symbol of her immaturity and lack of desire to fully embrace the trappings of adulthood. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. This unusual, compelling love story was made into a film entitled Season of Passion and starred Academy Award-winners Ernest Borgnine, Anne Baxter, John Mills and Angela Lansbury.īy Arrangement with the Licensor, Ray Lawler c/- Fran Moore.These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. Old patterns must be broken, new ways found, as all four lovers come to face certain unpleasant truths about themselves.
Every year Roo has brought a tinsel doll to Olive, his girl, as a gift to symbolize their relationship, but this seventeenth summer is different somehow.
They have spent the past sixteen summers off with two ladies in a Southern Australian city. This compelling Australian play was a success in London and was hailed by critics in New York for its vigor, integrity, and realistic portrayal of two itinerant cane cutters: Barney, a swaggering little scrapper, and Roo, a big roughneck. It was one of the first truly naturalistic Australian theatre productions. The play is considered to be the most significant in Australian theatre history, and a "turning point", openly and authentically portraying distinctly Australian life and characters. Summer of the Seventeenth Doll is an Australian play written by Ray Lawler and first performed at the Union Theatre in Melbourne on 28 November 1955.
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