Characters
This character is taken from her family as a baby and raised in a white foster home, struggling with the personal issues of once again meeting and connecting with her birth parents.
Who is Anne?
This theme is explored through the evolving relationship between Ana and Catherine, showing how bonds can form between unlikely people.
What is friendship?
This animal symbolizes Ana’s emotional attachment and loyalty, and is her sole companion before she befriends Catherine.
What is Ana's dog?
The line that Ana says to Catherine across the neighbourhood when they first meet.
What is ' you, girl, come over here'
This type of structure, used in Stolen, presents events in disconnected, fragmented episodes rather than a continuous timeline.
What is episodic?
A sometimes cheerful and nostalgic Stolen character, one whom loves family but has struggled to cope with the impact generations of separation has had on her and her family.
Who is Shirley?
The trauma experienced by the characters is caused by this historical policy.
What is forced assimilation?
Catherine's inability to grieve and say good bye to Martin is represented in this symbolic item.
What is a 'mobile phone'?
The line that Catherine says to Martin when he asks her to smell him.
What is 'you smell the same, like church pews'
Stolen's use of Song, Dance, Political messaging, direct address and minimal staging aligns it with the style of this 20th Century Theatre Practitioner.
(Miss Pleming was raving about it the other day)
What is Bertolt Brecht?
This character is Ana’s beloved pet, often referenced as her only companion before she meets Catherine.
Who is Bella?
This theme reflects how Catherine has been deeply impacted by the death of Martin.
What is Grief/ Loss?
Jimmy's longing for his parents and the cruel irony of their existence and letter writing is depicted in these 2 scene title
What is YOUR MUMS DEAD.
The dialogue that Ruby says to herself continuously towards the end of the play
What is 'don't need no trouble, got enough enough to do'.
This stylistic technique allows the audience to see and understand the experiences Ana had in the past through the eyes of a character who was not in fact there.
What is Magic Realism?
Catherine is deeply affected by this past relationship, which is referenced throughout the play as a source of heartbreak.
Who is Martin?
The characters in Stolen struggle with this as they search for their true selves.
What is identity Crisis?
This scene presents a story telling monologue, about the hypocrisy of Welfare programs initiated to 'help' indigenous Australians and their families.
What is 'A Can of Peas'?
The name that Ana's husband Vladir called her twice in the life.
What is 'sweet parishka'.
This type of acting was employed to allow actors in the 'Artur' Flashback to remain on stage yet play differing roles as the scene played on.
What is 'transformational acting'
This character symbolizes the tragic plight of many members of the Stolen Generations, as he wanders in search of belonging but never finds it.
Who is Jimmy?
The friendship between Ana and Catherine reflects this broader theme, showing how human connection can help individuals overcome personal trauma.
What is the power of human connection?
The theatrical convention utilised in the STC version of stolen to represent Anne's adoptive parents.
What is 'puppetry'?
The line of dialogue that two of Shirley's scenes begin with, also the name of those scenes.
What is 'it rained the day'
Katz's non-linear storytelling emphasizes how Ana's history and Catherine's present life are intertwined, reinforcing this overarching theme
What is intergenerational connection?