Australian plays post 1968

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48 Shades of Brown
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48 Shades of Brown

Philip Dean
In his final year at school, and with his parents overseas, Dan is forced to grow up fast when he moves in with his 22-year-old aunt Jacq and her eccentric friend Naomi. Light-hearted and funny, with a definite twist of insanity. Adapted from Nick Earls’ novel.
Cast : 4M, 6F
Currency Press | 978-0-86819-652-7 | PB
After Dinner
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After Dinner

Andrew Bovell
An acutely observed but tender-hearted account of relationships and behaviour in a suburban pub bistro on a Friday night.
‘An Australian comedy of sharp and black social comment, full of wry insights.’ Sun-Herald.
Cast : 2M, 3F
Currency Press | 978-0-86819-518-6 | PB
After January
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After January

Philip Dean
Alex is marking time while awaiting his school results—body surfing, watching TV and playing pool are meanwhile his primary concerns. So he’s not prepared for the girl with the nose-ring who cuts past him on a wave and draws him into a new way of looking at the world. Adapted from a novel by Nick Earls.
Cast : 4M, 3F
Currency Press | 978-0-86819-636-7 | PB
After the Ball
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After the Ball

David Williamson
Stephen has, with ill grace, returned home to his mother’s deathbed. As he and his sister rake through the family photographs and childhood memories, they find conflicting versions of their parents’ unhappy marriage.
Cast : 3M, 6F
Currency Press | 978-0-86819-537-7 | PB
Aftershocks
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Aftershocks

Paul Brown and the Workers Cultural Action Committee
A moving documentary play drawn from the traumatic recollections of members of the Newcastle Workers' Club, which was destroyed in the 1989 earthquake.
Cast : 7M, 9F
Currency Press | 978-0-86819-650-3 | PB
Albert Names Edward
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Albert Names Edward

Louis Nowra

A black comedy that demonstrates Nowra's early preoccupation with isolation and the exercise of power through imagination. An amnesiac takes shelter with an urban hermit.

Published with Inner Voices

Cast : 2M
Currency Press | 978-0-86819-078-5 | PB
Aliwa!
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Aliwa!

Dallas Winmar
Traces the true story of three Aboriginal sisters whose mother was determined to keep her children when officials wanted to remove them following the death of their father.
'Humanity and humour are at the fore in [Aliwa!] … It is a gentle and vibrant evocation of an Aboriginal family’s relationship with each other and the land on which they struggle to live.' Bryce Hallett, Sydney Morning Herald
Cast : 2M, 4F
Currency Press | 978-0-86819-688-6 | PB
All Souls
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All Souls

Daniel Keene
All Soul's Day, or the Day of the Dead, is when the dead return to the world of the living. In the shadows of a crumbling urban landscape, three couples pass under the gaze of Phillippa, an ageing homeless visionary. The writing in this play is poetic and uncompromising.
Cast : 5M, 2F
Currency Press | 978-0-86819-431-8 | PB
All Stops Out
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All Stops Out

Michael Gow

Studying comes naturally to Sam, but Danny finds it more difficult. Linda thinks Jenny is wasting her time whilst Cathy regrets not working harder.

And all the parents are anxious...

In All Stops Out, Michael Gow reveals different attitudes towards the dreaded end of year exams.

Limited stock, available only from Currency Press direct.

 

Cast : 4M, 4F
Currency Press | 978-0-86819-310-6 | PB
Almost a Dinosaur
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Almost a Dinosaur

Jill Morris
Set about 135 million years ago, the story of Rosi, who is a ... well ... Rosi’s not quite sure! She lives in the forest with Arky Archaeopteryx, Allo Allosaurus and the Hadrosaurs. Can be performed with puppets.
Cast : 6M, 1F
Currency Press | 978-0-86819-209-3 | PB
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