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Phillip Kavanagh Phillip Kavanagh i(A141215 works by)
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1 1 Tartuffe Phillip Kavanagh , 2016 single work drama

'Orgon leads a blissful, happy life. His extravagant and wealthy lifestyle is perfectly complemented by a marriage to a much younger woman. His daughter is engaged and his son is in love. But when he welcomes the deceptively slick Tartuffe into his family, he unwittingly injects his home with a lethal dose of chaos. Nothing is off limits as Tartuffe exploits Orgon to pilfer his fortune and attempt the seduction of his wife and his daughter. Can the family fight back before it’s too late?

'First performed in 1664, Molière’s side-splitting classic combines adultery, betrayal, seduction, lies and deceit with the precisely organised chaos that is known as farce.' (Production summary)

1 2 Jesikah Phillip Kavanagh , 2014 single work drama

'Want to be famous? Who needs an agent when there’s YouTube?

'A sharp new world premiere Australian comedy by award-winning playwright Phillip Kavanagh about a schoolgirl who develops an unhealthy obsession with YouTube fame, Jesikah is a witty, exciting and scathing look at our fame obsessed culture.

'Jesikah follows the rise and fall of its eponymous character. As her online notoriety burgeons, Jesikah’s real life starts to become alarmingly unstitched. Supported by her sometimes less than helpful ‘BFF’ Denise, Jesikah goes to increasingly extreme lengths to convert internet celebrity into real life adoration. But in the world wide web things are not always as they seem…' (Production summary)

1 1 y separately published work icon Replay Phillip Kavanagh , 2014 Strawberry Hills : Currency Press , 2016 6920090 2014 single work drama

'The past is what you make it. John saw his brother Michael die. He seems to have forgotten it, until now. His brother Peter saw it too, but remembers things differently. Together, they revisit the past in search of a common truth. But this search has terrifying, unexpected consequences for them both. This play reminds us that moments of chance, lost or taken, can determine our destiny' (production blurb).

1 1 Little Borders Phillip Kavanagh , 2012 single work drama
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