origins of my characters name – Maggie images of – Nambour Maroochy & Coolum – towns International trade – new machinery, workers unable to use, hired forigners – old workers layed off – thus splitting up families MUST HAVE A GRIP ON A REAL CHARACTER MUST have – history, back story, internal narrative, name “Honey without bees” - cultural mythology – describes the sugar cane black bits of fire – cane burns buggasse – black, soft fibre – from mills reactions to shooting – youtube loss of loved ones – poems, interviews house burnings speak of close communities (Vernonia) – when one death occurs, the whole town is effected PULL THE ENTIRE TEXT APPART live the story in preparation BE in the whole play ALL THE TIME landscape of individual people audience should look into the play and see individual people interrogate ALL characters take something new to EVERY rehearsal history of sugar cane – where it comes from – who brought it to Aus, how it got here MUST know history of grass! How is sugar made? Planting processNambour sugar cane industry Glass house mountains fire – death by suffocation international sugar market History of Cane Sugar Strike Courier Mail Mill Deaths Maggies Mind Sugar Price Plunge + Farm Crisis Family Tree Brisbane Floods - community comes together Vision of new owners Andrew (husband) relationship in town "Maroochy Libraries The Last Crush Interview Transcript Mark Hooper" SWEET LIFE in short life of cloth whiat is happening in the play? who am i? hard work? hoe down - speak of this