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1 She Rode Horses Like the Stock Exchange Amelia Roper , 2017 single work drama

'This is our blanket! Sit on it if you like and enjoy the park, it’s a lovely park. I’ve seen two dogs since you’ve been arguing about happiness.

'In a nice park, in a nice city, two nice couples try very, very hard to be nice to each other while the sound of ice cream trucks (wait, no) ambulances (nope!) the Global Financial Crisis screams into town.

'She Rode Horses Like the Stock Exchange is an absurdly funny and terrifying ride through a downsized, foreclosed nation. This is a fresh new play about gender expectations, possession and loneliness, money and ego. Don’t worry about tomorrow. Spend all your money on ice cream. IT’S A BEAUTIFUL DAY.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 y separately published work icon Big Sky Town Amelia Roper , 2008 Melbourne : Full Dress Publishing , 2009 Z1570827 2008 single work drama young adult 'The space shuttle Genesis blasted into the sky, bound for great adventure and new frontiers. With it went the hopes and dreams of an entire nation. Then it crashed in a forest full of Boy Scouts. An astronaut is missing, the Secret Police are on their way and keeping the whole story quiet is proving to be one big headache. This is not the way it should have been. Where are the heroes? As disturbing as it is funny, Big Sky Town blends absurdity, wit and pathos in a tale of human behaviour at its most vulnerable and grotesque.' Source: http://australianplays.org/ (Sighted 24/03/2009).
1 Flywire Amelia Roper , 2005 single work drama Two students return home to the country for a holiday and confront aspects of their identity
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