Sanctuary is a 1994 play by Australian playwright David Williamson. He said "The play taps into the new radicalism among students in communications. They know about the power elite, come out breathing fire about the state of the Australian media and usually end up working for the major broadsheets." He added, "the real theme of Sanctuary is male competitiveness. Ironically the young student in Sanctuary yearns to be like Bob King while pretending that's the last thing in the world he wants."
Adaptations (1)
Sanctuary was adapted into a 1995 film.
- Sanctuary1995 · film · 97 min · dir. Robin De Crespigny · IMDb ↗IMDb4.5
Bob, a well-known Australian journalist, already wealthy working for US TV, is offered a $3 million dollar deal to stay in the US, for mysterious reasons he returns home. John, an obsessive young academic has spent years writing a book about Bob’s life, loathing him, he demands the truth why Bob returned to Australia. The encounter ignites the most basic emotions in both characters.