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Wesley Enoch explores the powerful mythology of the Anzacs in Australia.

Playwright and theatre director Wesley Enoch explores the powerful mythology of the Anzacs in Australia and how that can overshadow an important part of the story of World War One.

Celebrated playwright and theatre director Wesley Enoch is a proud Noonuccal Nuugi man. During his career he has directed many plays by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists. Building up to the First World War centenary, Wesley developed the Black Diggers project about the experience of indigenous soldiers in World War One with the playwright Tom Wright. In these special editions of The Essay we gain an international perspective on the war as we hear from cultural figures from around the world taking part in an international series of events called The War That Changed The World, made in partnership with the British Council and the BBC World Service. 

Wesley Enoch's essay, Stories that Bind, is delivered at the ABC headquarters in Sydney. In it he explores the powerful legend of Anzac in Australia and how that can leave out an important part of the story.

Producer, Charlie Taylor.

The Essay: World War One Round the World

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Series of essays giving an international perspective on World War One

Cultural figures from around the world give an international perspective on World War One.

Series of further essays in which cultural figures from around the world give an international perspective on World War One

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