The Hanging
Overview
Two schoolgirls are missing in Melbourne’s hinterland. The clock is ticking and the search is on. Do the answers lay with their closest friend and confidante? Enchanting and quick witted, this 14-year old ingénue won’t give up her secrets easily. What exactly will the police uncover and what does her English teacher have to hide?
Award-winning playwright Angela Betzien, has created a crime thriller in the Australian Gothic tradition. Betzien draws on Australia’s lasting fascination with the way our vast country can swallow people whole and how women can disappear in a hundred different ways.
As the girls’ secrets unravel and the sinister side of their privileged school is exposed. The more famous the names and the more respected the families, the more dangerous the truth becomes.
The Hanging is a mystery waiting to be cracked open.
Contains strong language.