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Adaptations
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form
y
Blessed
( dir. Ana Kokkinos
)
Australia
:
Blessed Film Productions
Head Gear Films
Wildheart Zizani
Screen Australia
Film Victoria
,
2009
Z1608662
2009
single work
film/TV
Seven children wander the streets of Melbourne at night, while their mothers await their return.
Notes
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Four stories are interwoven throughout the play. Andrew Bovell wrote Trash; Melissa Reeves, Dream-Town; Patricia Cornelius, Money; and Christos Tsiolkas, Suit. Irine Vela wrote the musical score.
Production Details
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First performed by Melbourne Workers Theatre at the Victorian Trades Hall, Melbourne on 1 May 1998.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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The Ties That Bind : The Making of Blessed
2017
single work
essay
— Appears in: FilmInk , 4 August 2017; FilmInk , 20 May 2019; -
Family
2015
single work
essay
— Appears in: Andrew Bovell : The Alchemy of Collaboration 2015; (p. 23-27) -
A Lesson in Subterfuge
2015
single work
essay
— Appears in: Andrew Bovell : The Alchemy of Collaboration 2015; (p. 5-9) -
The Follies Bizarre : Australia's Political Theatre
2008
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Quadrant , March vol. 52 no. 3 2008; (p. 22-28) -
Funny Politics
John Romeril
(interviewer),
2006
single work
interview
— Appears in: Storyline , Winter no. 15 2006; (p. 9-11)
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Gargoyles and Gore
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 226 2000; (p. 23-24)
— Review of Selected Plays 2000 selected work drama ; Melbourne Stories : Three Plays 2000 anthology single work drama ; Who's Afraid of the Working Class? 1998 single work drama ; Polly Blue 2000 single work drama ; Features of Blown Youth 1997 single work drama -
Still Lives
2005
single work
essay
— Appears in: Australian Author , August vol. 37 no. 2 2005; (p. 6-7) -
Politics, Faith and Sex
Patricia Cornelius
(interviewer),
2005
single work
interview
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 181 2005; (p. 18-25) -
Funny Politics
John Romeril
(interviewer),
2006
single work
interview
— Appears in: Storyline , Winter no. 15 2006; (p. 9-11) -
'Class' and Political Theatre: The Case of Melbourne Workers Theatre
2005
single work
criticism
— Appears in: New Theatre Quarterly , August vol. 31 no. 3 2005; (p. 207-217) -
The Follies Bizarre : Australia's Political Theatre
2008
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Quadrant , March vol. 52 no. 3 2008; (p. 22-28)
Awards
- 1999 winner AWGIE Awards — Stage Award — Original
- 1999 winner Queensland Premier's Literary Awards — Drama Script — Stage
- 1998 winner Victorian Green Room Awards — Best New Australian Play — Best new play
Last amended 29 Apr 2014 10:10:15
Settings:
- Melbourne, Victoria,
- 1998
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