“The Matriarchy of Renok”
| Title | “The Matriarchy of Renok” |
| Year for Search | 1958 |
| Authors | Hemming, N[orma] K[athleen](1928-60) |
| Secondary Authors | Burrows, Toby |
| Tertiary Authors | Hemming, N. K |
| Secondary Title | Dwellers in Silence: Stories and Plays by Norma Hemming |
| Pagination | 379-456 |
| Date Published | [1958]/2010 |
| Publisher | Hilliard Press |
| Place Published | Nedlands, WA, Australia |
| Keywords | Australian author, English author, Female author |
| Annotation | A matriarchy that keeps men in their “proper” role as slaves is visited by a man from Earth. which leads the all-powerful Galactic Empire. The man is crass in the extreme and assumes that the women will fall for him. They don’t. |
| Info Notes | Play written and performed in 1958. First publication. |
| Holding Institutions | PSt |
| Author Note | The female author (1928-60) was born in England and immigrated to Australia in 1949. |
| Full Text | [1958] Hemming, N[orma] K[athleen] (1928-60). “The Matriarchy of Renok.” Dwellers in Silence: Stories and Plays by Norma Hemming. Ed. Toby Burrows (Nedlands, WA, Australia: Hilliard Press, 2010), 379-456. Play written and performed in 1958. First publication. PSt A matriarchy that keeps men in their “proper” role as slaves is visited by a man from Earth. which leads the all-powerful Galactic Empire. The man is crass in the extreme and assumes that the women will fall for him. They don’t. The female author was born in England and immigrated to Australia in 1949. |
