My Father's Wars
Elaine Acworth
Elaine Acworth is a playwright and dramatist, this series of dramatic works is based on her personal journey of discovering and reconciling the image of Bill Acworth – her father, and soldier of the two world wars. My Father's Wars was funded by the Queensland Anzac Centenary Grants program. This podcast was launched as part of the Q ANZAC 100: Memories for a New Generation project.
Episodes
Episode 5: And we sat atop the dead for there was nowhere else…
The Western Front fundamentally shaped these men and women and yet they never spoke of it. Elaine Acworth is a playwright and dramatist, she developed My Father's Wars as an episodic dramatic work based on her personal journey of discovering and reconciling the image of Bill Acworth – her father, and soldier of the two world wars. My Father's Wars was funded by the Queensland Anzac Centenary Grants program. This podcast was launched as part of the Q ANZAC 100: Memories for a New Generation project.
Episode 4: First stroke of the whip
What do we take from a loss? When everything is taken from you? How do you move on? Elaine Acworth is a playwright and dramatist, she developed My Father's Wars as an episodic dramatic work based on her personal journey of discovering and reconciling the image of Bill Acworth – her father, and soldier of the two world wars. My Father's Wars was funded by the Queensland Anzac Centenary Grants program. This podcast was launched as part of the Q ANZAC 100: Memories for a New Generation project.
Episode 3: On the floor behind the driver…
Events on the Western Front in 1917 determine a young child's winter mornings in 1966. Elaine Acworth is a playwright and dramatist, she developed My Father's Wars as an episodic dramatic work based on her personal journey of discovering and reconciling the image of Bill Acworth – her father, and soldier of the two world wars. My Father's Wars was funded by the Queensland Anzac Centenary Grants program. This podcast was launched as part of the Q ANZAC 100: Memories for a New Generation project.
Episode 2: Lessons learned
Fee-fie- fo-fum! Giant-killers come in all sizes and descriptions, in all centuries and in all fights. Elaine Acworth is a playwright and dramatist, she developed My Father's Wars as an episodic dramatic work based on her personal journey of discovering and reconciling the image of Bill Acworth – her father, and soldier of the two world wars. My Father's Wars was funded by the Queensland Anzac Centenary Grants program. This podcast was launched as part of the Q ANZAC 100: Memories for a New Generation project.
Episode 1: So when dad died ...
The secret things that come to light when someone dies. Elaine Acworth is a playwright and dramatist, she developed My Father's Wars as an episodic dramatic work based on her personal journey of discovering and reconciling the image of Bill Acworth – her father, and soldier of the two world wars. My Father's Wars was funded by the Queensland Anzac Centenary Grants program. This podcast was launched as part of the Q ANZAC 100: Memories for a New Generation project.