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Commencing with a school performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the Shakespearean themes of suffering and reconciliation persist as three families on separate holidays are united during a fierce storm.
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For the alternative final scene for
Away, click here.
Currency Press | 978-0-86819-211-6 | PB
AuthorMichael Gow has extensive writing credits for stage, screen and radio. His best known play is the multi-award winning
Away, a modern classic of Australian Theatre and one of the most performed Australian plays. Others include
Toy Symphony (critically acclaimed production at Belvoir Street Theatre Upstairs in 2007),
The Kid,
On Top of the World,
Europe,
1841,
The Fortunes of Richard Mahony award-winners
Furious and
Sweet Phoebe, and
Live Acts on Stage.
For television he has written the mini-series
Eden’s Lost, directed by Neil Armfield and
Art’n’Life. He also adapted his play
Europe for radio and wrote
The Astronaut’s Wife for ABC Radio.
His awards include two NSW Premier’s Literary Awards (for
Away and
Sweet Phoebe); two Sydney Theatre Critics Circle Awards (
Away and
Furious); the Australian Writer’s Guild Major Award for Writing and for Best Play (
Away), a Green Room Award (
Away) an AFI Award for best Mini-Series (
Eden’s Lost). He is also a noted director, and has been Artistic Director of Queensland Theatre Company since 1999. |
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