A car crash in the Central Desert. A broken man, about to leave his wife. A woman miscarrying her first-born child. Broken entwines the stories of three complex lives as they unfold on a single fateful night in the heart of the Northern Territory’s desert country.
Winner of the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Drama, the Northern Territory Literary Award for Best Script and the Victorian Prize for Literature, Broken wrestles with matters of chance, choice, hope and fate—posing the question: When you find yourself empty, how do you start again? Includes an introduction by Andrew Bovell.
MARY ANNE BUTLER'S plays have been described as ‘poetic, evocative and muscular’. Theatre credits include Wittenoom, Broken, Highway of Lost Hearts, Cusp, Alice in Wonderland (adaptation), One More Hour and The Sound of Waiting. Playwriting awards include the Victorian Prize for Literature, Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Drama, the Shane and Cathryn Brennan Prize for Playwriting, an AWGIE, two NT Chief Minister’s Book of the Year Awards and four NT Literary Awards for Best Script. Nominations include two Nick Enright Prizes for Playwriting, a Stage AWGIE and the Griffin Theatre Award. Butler is a Sidney Myer Creative Fellow, Arts NT Fellow, Winston Churchill Fellow, Regional Arts Fellow and Asialink Fellow. She holds an MPhil in Creative Writing, and an MEd in Arts Education.
| Cast Info | 2F, 1M |
| Genres | Drama, Poetic, Naturalism / realism |
| Themes | Significant female roles, Full length play |
| Audiences | Adult, Young Adult |
| Extent | 56 |
| Edition | First |
| Size | 137 x 210 mm |
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