Helen Hopcroft Helen Hopcroft i(6041090 works by)
Gender: Female
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1 y separately published work icon The Nights Helen Hopcroft , Australia : Spineless Wonders , 2024 28049426 2024 single work novel fantasy

''Soon the night will come, and to save my life, I must tell another story.'

'So begins the famous tale of Scheherazade, kidnapped from her parent's home in the desert by the Sultan's soldiers, and brought to his palace in the city. Every night she must invent a new story - 'for his amusement: for my salvation' - so that she can live to see another dawn. Tormented by a feverish sexuality, Scheherazade tells stories with both words and skin. But after nearly a thousand nights in his palace, Scheherazade realises that the greatest threat to her life may not come from the Sultan himself.

'The Nights is a passionate fairy tale about art, love, sex and power. It speaks to the creative struggle that all artists endure: the endless search for authenticity, inspiration and time.' (Publication summary)

1 Theatre Review : Creativity Helen Hopcroft , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , July 2022;

— Review of Creativity Carl Caulfield , 2022 single work drama

'This satirical survey about the downgraded status of the arts in higher education feels frighteningly real.'

1 Theatre Review : The One Helen Hopcroft , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , August 2022;

— Review of The One Vanessa Bates , 2022 single work drama

'An exploration along racial lines about belonging and identity.'

1 Metafur Helen Hopcroft , 2013 single work essay
— Appears in: The Griffith Review , no. 42 2013; (p. 210-217)
1 Sirena Helen Hopcroft , 2012 single work short story
— Appears in: 40 ̊ South Short Story Anthology 2012 : The Ten Best Entries from the 2011 Competition 2012;
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