The Dreamers is a play written by Jack Davis, set in Western Australia.
[1] He wrote the play to influence public opinion and bring about improvement in Aboriginal Australians' lives.
The story takes place over a period of six months in the home of the family.
[1] The play maintains an elegiac tone throughout for a tribal past, for a people one physically and spiritually in harmony with their world.
[citation needed] It was first performed on 2 February 1982 by the Swan River Stage Company at the Dolphin Theatre in Perth.