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Notes
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Falling Petals was selected for presentation as part of a three-week Australian National Playwrights Centre exchange with the New Dramatists in New York, 2003.
Production Details
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Short-listed by Playbox Theatre, Falling Petals had a rehearsed reading directed by Tom Healey 2 June 2002 at the George Fairfax Studio, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne.
First performed at the Beckett Theatre, CUB Malthouse, 27 June - 19 July 2003.
Western Australia premiere by the Black Swan Theatre Company and Be Active BSX Theatre at the Blue Room, May 2006.
Director: Adam Mitchell.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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Works about this Work
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Australian Gothic Drama : Mapping a Nation's Trauma from Convicts to the Stolen Generation
2015
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , June no. 66 2015; (p. 11-39) -
Inheritors of the Dead Heart : Magical realism in 'These People' and 'Falling Petals' by Ben Ellis.
2006
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , April no. 48 2006; (p. 189-202) -
The Ill Effects of Hollow Lies
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 12-13 February 2005; (p. 25)
— Review of Falling Petals 2003 single work drama -
Lifting the Veil on Rednecks and Refugees Can Be Scary
2003
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 10 September 2003; (p. 15) -
No Easy Way Out of a Dying Country Town
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 4 July 2003; (p. 14)
— Review of Falling Petals 2003 single work drama
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No Easy Way Out of a Dying Country Town
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 4 July 2003; (p. 14)
— Review of Falling Petals 2003 single work drama -
The Ill Effects of Hollow Lies
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 12-13 February 2005; (p. 25)
— Review of Falling Petals 2003 single work drama -
Lifting the Veil on Rednecks and Refugees Can Be Scary
2003
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 10 September 2003; (p. 15) -
Inheritors of the Dead Heart : Magical realism in 'These People' and 'Falling Petals' by Ben Ellis.
2006
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , April no. 48 2006; (p. 189-202) -
Australian Gothic Drama : Mapping a Nation's Trauma from Convicts to the Stolen Generation
2015
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , June no. 66 2015; (p. 11-39)
Awards
- 2004 shortlisted Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — Louis Esson Prize for Drama
- 2004 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting
- 2003 winner Australian National Playwrights' Centre New Dramatists Exchange
- 2002 winner Wal Cherry Play of the Year Award for Best Unproduced Play
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Settings:
- Rural,
- Country towns,
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