''Blood Relations'' is a play by

David Malouf David George Joseph Malouf (; born 20 March 1934) is an Australian poet, novelist, short story writer, playwright and Libretto, librettist. Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2008, Malouf has lectured at both the University ...

. Set in tropical

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, it concerns a family group gathering around patriarch Willy at Christmas. It has been described as an Australian re-telling of ''

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''. First produced in a

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and

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co-production, it opened on 24 June 1987 at the

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's Drama Theatre directed by

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. ''Blood Relations'' received the 1987 NSW Premier's Literary Award in the Play category.

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