Constance Drinkwater and the Final Days of Somerset
Playwright: Carleton, Stephen Year: 2006 Type: Play Edition: 2nd
Synopsis
It is 1899 and only the resolve of Lady Constance Drinkwater has kept the Far North Queensland settlement of Somerset from crumbling. Beset by storms, ill-luck and a mysterious disease that has killed all but two of Constance
Narrative Locations
Somerset, Northern, Queensland
Temporal setting: 1899
Location notes:
Somerset is a fictional settlement in a township that actually once existed. It was the original site of the Cape's administrative centre. There was a colonial government outpost at Somerset established in 1863. Coordinates given are approximate.