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So my humble little theatrics, come this way and I shall present to you some more valuable information before we descend to the performance. It is my pleasure, my privilege, NAY! My honor to present to you the final stage of Australian theatre… The Second Wave. When veering at the end of the 1970s the New Wave theatre seemed to be exhausting out and an innovative group of writers such as Stephen Sewell and Louis Nowra arose. Called at the time the new 'internationalists', the two ceased to be interested in the idea of an Australian National Identity. Nowra and Sewell were still interested in exploring aspects of Australian history and culture but thought of doing so in a broader international context in which the idea of local 'distinctiveness' seemed less important. What connected Australia to the world was now seen to be as important as what made it different. Along with the internationalists, women’s theatre rose t