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- y Nightfall Sydney Melbourne : Currency Press Playbox Theatre Centre, Monash University , 1999 Z213629 1999 single work drama
- y Salt : A Play in Five Helpings Strawberry Hills : Currency Press Playbox Theatre , 2001 Z856011 2001 single work drama
- y Carrying Shoes into the Unknown [and] Dolly Stainer of Kew Cottages Strawberry Hills : Currency Press , 2006 Z1278223 2006 selected work drama
- y The Buck Stops Here Sydney Perth : Currency Press Playhouse Theatre , 1984 Z154853 1984 single work drama The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature (2000):594 describes the play as 'a study of a businessman on retirement facing the personal costs of his career'. Sydney Perth : Currency Press Playhouse Theatre , 1984
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The Removalists
Sydney
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Currency Press
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1972
Z365225
1971
single work
drama
(taught in 12 units)
A young policeman’s first day on duty becomes a violent and highly charged initiation into law enforcement. Remarkable for its blend of boisterous humour and horrifying violence, the play has acquired a reputation as a classic statement on Australian authoritarianism and is a key work in the study of Australian drama.
(Publication Synopsis)
Sydney Melbourne : Currency Press Playbox Theatre , 1984 - y Shorts at the Wharf : Volume 1 Paddington Sydney : Currency Press Sydney Theatre Company , 1985 Z114610 1985 selected work drama humour Paddington Sydney : Currency Press Sydney Theatre Company , 1985
- y Elizabeth Jolley's The Newspaper of Claremont Street Sydney Melbourne : Currency Press Playbox Theatre , 1991 Z63579 1990 single work drama Sydney Melbourne : Playbox Theatre Currency Press , 1992
- y Redemption Sydney Melbourne : Currency Press Playbox Theatre Centre, Monash University , 1997 Z342820 1997 single work drama Sydney Melbourne : Currency Press Playbox Theatre Centre, Monash University , 1997
- y Look at Everything Twice, for Me : (a dramatic poem) Sydney Melbourne : Currency Press La Mama Theatre , 1999 Z412650 1999 single work drama Heather has been the recipient of a heart transplant and now she has a fierce desire to know the identity of the organ donor. Just when it appears that her quest may be over, an intensely confronting and disturbing scenario presents itself. (Publisher's blurb, back cover). Sydney Melbourne : Currency Press La Mama Theatre , 1999
- y Savage River Strawberry Hills : Currency Press Griffin Theatre Company , 2009 Z1593820 2009 single work drama 'From a ramshackle hut by the water, Kingsley forages a living with his young son, Tiger. Times are tough and money in short supply, but with good humour, invention and resilience they make the best of it, bundled together as family. One night, Kingsley brings home the beguiling Jude, who unwittingly changes three lives overnight. Jude seems happy enough to enjoy Tiger and Kingsley's attention, and let history slip by. History does, though, have a habit of catching up with you. A warm, affectionate and moving story of the glimpsing of freedom and the weight of the things that shackle us.' (Publisher's blurb) Strawberry Hills : Currency Press Griffin Theatre Company , 2009
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Forget Me Not
Strawberry Hills
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Currency Press
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2013
5989711
2013
single work
drama
'Gerry is almost 60, and he is going to meet his mother for the first time since he was three. His daughter Sally has had it up to here with him and his problems. The old lady lives somewhere in the UK. Liverpool, according to the records. So Gerry is going to Liverpool to find out what made him who he is.
'Tom Holloway's play started life as a conversation between Belvoir and Liverpool's Everyman and Playhouse Theatres. Holloway's task was to tell the story of the 3000-odd English children who, between 1945 and 1968, were told they were orphans and sent to Australia on a promise of warmth, fresh air, abundant food and boundless opportunity. Instead they arrived to deprived institutions where neglect and abuse were the norm.'
(Source: http://www.stagewhispers.com.au/news/2013-season-belvoir )
Strawberry Hills : Currency Press , 2013 -
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A Town Named War Boy
Strawberry Hills
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Currency Press
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2015
8495830
2015
single work
drama
war literature
'We hit Cairo like a train! … Every dirty little alley, every dusty back room bar - the pyramids are marvellous, but I could spend the rest of my days quite happily in the arms of your temptation.
'Inspired by The State Library of New South Wales' jaw-dropping collection of WWI diaries and letters, and featuring a cast of Australia’s hottest emerging actors, A Town Named War Boy is the moving new play that brings our ANZAC legend to life.' (Production summary)
Strawberry Hills : Currency Press , 2015