masterpiece. He calls it and The Rivers of China "the first great works of serious philosophical science fiction written for the theatre in Australia". The Woman in the Window is included, along with Summer of the Seventeenth Doll from Australia, in Lucy Kerbel's 100 Great Plays for Women. She was the first playwright to receive the Patrick White Award in 1998. Her papers are archived at The Australian Defence Force Academy. Works Theatre The Sweatproof Boy The Joss Adams Show Perfectly All Right The After-Life of Arthur Cravan Chidley Going Home Vocations The Rivers of China The Girl Who Saw Everything Wildheart (co-writer and dramaturge with Legs on the Wall) The Woman in the Window Wicked Sisters Television Going Home. Adaptation of stage play, 1980 Rafferty's Rules. Series episode, "The Women", 1984 Man of Letters. Adaptation of the novel by Glen Tomasetti, 1984 Singles. Series episode, "Chris", 1988 After Marcuse. Original teleplay, 1989 Radio Available Light, 1993 Invisible Sun, 1994 The Rivers of China (radio adaptation) 1989 Stories in the Dark (with Ian Mackenzie) Australian Prix Italia entry, 1996 Awards 1985 Television Adaptation AWGIE Award for Man of Letters 1988 NSW Premier's Literary Award for The Rivers of China 1988 Victorian Premier's Literary Award Louis Esson Prize for Drama for The Rivers of China 1993 Stage AWGIE Award for The Girl Who Saw Everything 1998 Patrick White Award References The Plays of Alma De Groen - Elizabeth Perkins, Rodopi B.V., Amsterdam - Atlanta, GA, 1994 Post-colonial Drama: Theory, Practice, Politics - Helen Gilbert & Joanne Tompkins, Routledge, London, 1996 Plays of the 70s, Volume 1 - Katharine Brisbane, Currency Press, Sydney, 1998 (2012) Belonging: Australian Playwriting in the 20th Century - John McCallum, Sydney, Australia, Currency Press, 2009 Radical Visions 1968-2008: The Impact of the Sixties on Australian drama - Denise Varney, Rodopi B.V., Amsterdam - New York, NY, 2011 100 Great plays for Women - Lucy Kerbal, London, Nick Hern Books Ltd, 2013 Footnotes External links Alma De Groen: (author/organisation) | AustLit: Discover Australian Stories Currency Press - Search Australian dramatists and playwrights 1941 births Living people People from Mangakino New Zealand artists Feminist artists Feminist writers