Mary Gilmore

BWW Review: ALL MY LOVE A GREAT AUSTRALIAN LOVE STORY at Riverside Theatre's Parramatta

What is it about love that captures the artist so wholly and capitalises so perpetually? Why is it that no two things written about love seem to be the same, or have the same resonance, but every new contribution exists as a thrilling dimension to this emotion seemingly essential to human life? In this tale of lasting love, two of Australia's greatest known writers find themselves in the throes of a relationship never meant to be. All My Love is the true story of Henry Lawson, known as Australia's 'greatest short story writer', and radical writer and poetess Mary Gilmore who find a budding relationship in 19th century Sydney. As their secret engagement becomes entangled in a rivalry between their early-feminist mothers, a series of love letters exchanged between them never arrive, and by the time they discover that what was thought to be rejection was nothing more than a cruel twist of fate, it is too late to turn back from their destinies.

ALL MY LOVE to Play Riverside Theatres

From 16 to 20 February, Riverside Theatres will bring to the stage the first professional theatre production of All My Love, the untold love story between two of Australia's most famous writers, Henry Lawson and Mary Gilmore.