1955年到1956年之间,戏剧家雷·劳勒获得了空前的成功。澳大利亚人满怀欣喜地观看了他的作品《第十七个玩偶的夏天》,占澳大利亚绝大多数人口的城市居民第一次看到了反映他们日常生活的作品。帕特里克·怀特对人们这种空前的热情却有所保留,他小心翼翼地掩饰了自己的失望,害怕触怒国人,他们会将他“判处私刑的”。1961年,阿得莱德戏剧节将怀特的早期作品《火腿葬礼》(The Ham Funeral)作为备选 From 1955 to 1956, dramatist Ray Lawler achieved an unprecedented success. Australians watched with delight his work “The Summer of the Seventeenth Doll,” and urban dwellers, who make up the overwhelming majority of Australia’s population, first saw works that reflected their daily lives. Patrick White has reservations about people’s unprecedented enthusiasm. He carefully covered his disappointment and feared being angered by the Chinese people. They would “jail him”. In 1961, the Adelaide Theater Festival took White’s earlier The Ham Funeral as an alternative