My Brilliant Career
by Mathew Frank, Dean Bryant & Sheridan Harbridge
based on the novel by Miles Franklin
My Brilliant Career takes us into the world of fiery misfit Sybylla as she wrestles against the restricted life on offer for a young woman in rural Australia a hundred years ago.We follow wannabe-writer Syb from her drought-struck farm to the paradise of her grandmother’s estate, where she grows into her looks and her mind, fighting and flirting with the local aristocrats. An offer of marriage forces the ultimate choice; will she become just another wife or risk it all in hopes of a ‘brilliant career’?
My Brilliant Career was commissioned and developed at Monash University, Melbourne, as part of the Jeanne Pratt Artist in Residency program with the collaboration of The Centre for Theatre and Performance, the Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music and the Monash Academy of Performing Arts.
Further development was funded by Stonnington Council in 2023.