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Born: Established: 1942 ;
Gender: Male
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1 Vice Melvyn Morrow , 2015 single work drama

'Melvyn Morrow’s play, Vice, looks at an accusation of sexual assault in an exclusive North Shore private boys’ school.

'In the context of the shameful and criminal tragedy of sexual assault in private schools, Vice looks at the disturbing maze of motivations swirling around the underworld of staff and students in the fictional St Mark’s College on Sydney’s North Shore.

'Truth, like quicksilver, can be slithery, and Vice lies somewhere between a Whodunit and a Whodunwhat.

'Vice begins with the Vice-Principal of St Mark’s College applying for the principal ship. Immediately, common room, classroom, playground, sports field, co-curriculum and trustee politics become murkily - and surprisingly comically - intertwined, with personality clashes building to a potential tsunami of destruction. The way this dramatic situation plays out illustrates how there are many twisted strands to the hangman’s noose.' (Production summary)

1 Life in Five : Melvyn Morrow, Writer and Director Melvyn Morrow , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: Sunday Canberra Times , 13 November 2011; (p. 2)
1 3 Dusty : The Original Pop Diva John-Michael Howson , Melvyn Morrow , David Mitchell , 2006 single work musical theatre
1 3 Shout! John-Michael Howson , Melvyn Morrow , David Mitchell , 2001 single work musical theatre
1 5 y separately published work icon Mad Louisa Lawson I'm Not Henry Lawson's Mother Melvyn Morrow , 1998 (Manuscript version)x401522 Z319407 1998 single work drama
1 1 form y separately published work icon Sons and Daughters Reg Watson , Seven Network (publisher), Don Battye , Greg Stevens , Bevan Lee , Maureen Ann Moran , Peter Pinne , Ray Kolle , Ian Coughlan , Greg Haddrick , John Alsop , Bruce Hancock , Ysabelle Dean , Bill Searle , Alister Webb , Christine Schofield , Boaz Stark , Tony Sheldon , Betty Quin , Lyn Ogilvy , Anthony Wheeler , Foveaux Kirby , Geoffrey Atherden , Colin Bowles , Valda Marshall , Reg Watson , Sally Webb , Jane Seaborn , Melvyn Morrow , Liz Cunningham , Michael Gillett , David Phillips , Alison Nisselle , Sue Smith , Rick Maier , ( dir. Philip East ) 1981 Australia : Reg Grundy Enterprises Seven Network , 1981-1987 Z1510959 1981 series - publisher film/TV

Sons and Daughters explores the dramatic incidents in the lives of the wealthy Hamilton family and the working-class Palmer family. The premise that underpinned the show's early years concerned the character John Palmer, on the run from the Melbourne police, who suspect him of murder. He travels to Sydney and falls in love with the wealthy Angela Hamilton, but they are later revealed to be twins who were separated at birth and raised separately: John raised by the wise former prostitute Fiona Thompson before returning to live with his father and Angela raised by her mother, who subsequently married into money. More wealth later arrives through the introduction of the Morrell clan, who have managed to marry their way into the Hamilton family.

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