Abstract:

Sustainable development has become a widely discussed topic and goal in recent years. In the plays of the Canadian Chantal Bilodeau and the Australian Andrew Bovell under study, the goal is to trace the representation of sustainable time and place frame in the light of the concept of sustainable development which is dealt with in both texts. Although Bilodeau and Bovell belong to different cultural backgrounds, the utilization of time-place technique can be clearly explored through their dramatic works. This enables them to express and counter long-term environmental problems such as climate change, glacial melt and loss of biodiversity, which is of critical significance to achieve the sustainability of humanity and nature. Through analysis of the plays of Bilodeau and Bovell, it is revealed that they create an empowering vision of the future and unmask how the inherited ecological problems shape our present as well as our future. Chantal Bilodeau's Forward (2018) and Andrew Bovell's When the Rain Stops Falling (2010) explore the manipulation of the dramatic time and place which illuminates the innate connection between the human identity and the natural world and how that connection plays a role in re-orienting the socio-ecological behavior which promote the transformation toward sustainable development. In addition, these plays are considered as place-based plays that not only draw attention to certain ethics and values, but also shift the scale of concern from the local place to the global one