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Jane Montgomery Griffiths Jane Montgomery Griffiths i(A126396 works by)
Gender: Female
Arrived in Australia: 1997
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BiographyHistory

Actor and playwright. Griffiths acted and directed in England and was a visiting fellow in drama at Cambridge University. After her move to Melbourne, Victoria, she convened classical studies at Melbourne University.

Most Referenced Works

Awards for Works

A Little Piece for Her Sister 2011 single work drama

'... re-imagines the stories of Helen of Troy and her sister Clytemnestra ... juxtaposes everyday domesticity with mythic excesses'.

Source: The R.E. Ross Trust Playwrights' Script Development Awards 2011 Judges' Report, State Library of Victoria website, www.slv.vic.gov.au (sighted 13/07/2011)
2011 co winner R. E. Ross Trust Playwrights' Script Development Award
y separately published work icon Sappho... in Nine Fragments 2010 Strawberry Hills : Currency Press , 2010 Z1702195 2010 single work drama

'2700 years ago, Sappho is the world's first love poet, the tenth muse of the ancient Greeks, and the inspiration for every lovelorn writer and songster since.

'But as the centuries have passed with the coming and goings of hundreds of libidinous handymen restoring her buttresses, history has caught up with Sappho. Her tale has become a gap in time for new generations to pour their needs and desires, but what is the truth behind her own story? Placed alongside a modern love story of sensuality, sexual awakening and broken-hearts, Sappho... in 9 Fragments exposes the timeless undoing of love.' (From the publisher's website.)
2011 shortlisted Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — Louis Esson Prize for Drama
2011 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting
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