Influence (play)

Influence
Influence
Written by	David Williamson
Date premiered	March 2005
Place premiered	Drama Theatre, Sydney
Original language	English

Influence is a 2005 play by David Williamson about a right-wing radio "shock jock".^[1] It was inspired by the popularity of such personalities as Stan Zemanek, John Laws and Alan Jones.^[2]

Williamson described the lead character as "a racist, homophobic, neo-con, horrible shock jock ... I really enjoyed writing him because I let all my deep racist, sexist impulses and anti-Muslim impulses flow out, because I know they're there underneath and I know that I don't really believe in that value system but I know that lurking deep within us there's the capacity to be bigoted, shocking and terrible."^[3]

References

^ Review of published version of play at Australian Public Intellectual Network
^ Rebecca Baillie, "Williamson's new play targets the 'shock jocks' ", The 7:30 Report, 17 March 2005, accessed 8 April 2013
^ "David Williamson in Conversation". ABC Radio National. 25 July 2006.

External links

review of 2005 Sydney production at Sydney Morning Herald
Review of 2005 Melbourne production at The Age
Production details at AusStage

[1] Review of published version of play at Australian Public Intellectual Network

[2] Rebecca Baillie, "Williamson's new play targets the 'shock jocks' ", The 7:30 Report, 17 March 2005, accessed 8 April 2013

[3] "David Williamson in Conversation". ABC Radio National. 25 July 2006.

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