![]() The day after his arrival Roo decides to get a job despite Barney‟s dismay and Olive‟s protests. Roo lost the competition, his pride and subsequently left the fields broke, meaning that for the first time in seventeen summers he arrives at Olive‟s place without much cash to his name. A competition had started up between the two men, but in the end Roo‟s strained back gave way and he collapsed. ![]() Barney explains that Roo had gained a rival - Johnnie Dowd, a young man who‟d grown up on the fields and proved to be an excellent canecutter. When Roo and Barney arrive they bring with them their usual pile of presents including the doll that Roo brings Olive each layoff season – this year‟s doll is the seventeenth doll.īarney reveals to Olive that Roo had a bad season as he has hurt his back and had trouble in the sugar cane fields. Emma is at community singing, Olive is nervously getting ready, and Bubba is telling Pearl about Nancy, who used to spend every summer with them but was married earlier this year. Olive, Bubba and Pearl are awaiting the arrival of Roo and Barney who are coming down from Queensland to spend their layoff season with the women. ![]() ![]() The play is set in an old house in Carlton, Melbourne, in early December of 1953. SYNOPSIS Summer of the Seventeenth Doll is an Australian play written by Ray Lawler, first performed in 1955 and then first published in 1957. ![]()
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