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A collection in the Fryer Library at The University of Queensland of manuscript film and play scripts.

Includes

y separately published work icon Deadwater Mary Gage , Z851470 single work screenplay
form y separately published work icon The Air-conditioned Author : A Side-Long Glance at the World of the Best Seller Colin Free , Z851398 single work radio play
form y separately published work icon Death of the Archbishop : A Study of Medieval Murder Colin Free , Z851404 single work radio play
form y separately published work icon The Death of Trotsky Colin Free , Z851407 single work radio play
form y separately published work icon Who's Bigelow? The Story of an Official Colin Free , Z851440 single work radio play
form y separately published work icon The Roosevelt Revolution Colin Free , Z851434 single work radio play
y separately published work icon No Incense Rising George Landen Dann , Z850769 1937 single work drama

'The scene is laid in a small village on the coast of Southern Queensland. The theme of the play is the conflict between a lonely mother, who has lost her husband and son at sea, and her daughter, who wants to break away from her mother's influence and make her own life. Throughout the play, always in the background, is heard the sea.'

Source:

'The Jottings of a Lady about Town', Sunday Times, 5 November 1939, p.21.

y separately published work icon Boolee : A Musical Play George Landen Dann , Z850793 single work musical theatre
form y separately published work icon Sing the Dust George Landen Dann , Z850829 single work radio play
form y separately published work icon Summer of the Seventeenth Doll Joy Hollyer , Z981269 1955 single work radio play
form y separately published work icon To the Islands : A Play for Broadcasting Joy Hollyer , Z980707 single work radio play
form y separately published work icon The Waterlily George Landen Dann , Z850832 single work radio play
y separately published work icon Seven Days Wonder : A New Comedy Max Afford , Z854779 single work drama
form y separately published work icon Out of the Bag Max Afford , Z854838 single work radio play
form y separately published work icon Tales of the Supernatural Max Afford , Z854853 series - author radio play
y separately published work icon Hotspur : A Comedy in Three Acts with Assistance from some Bawdy Ballads Ru Pullan , 7821066 1971 single work drama
y separately published work icon Bird with a Medal Ru Pullan , 7820930 1961 single work drama

According to Dollee, the play involves a young man stabbing another with a garden fork to prevent him prostituting his girlfriend.

y separately published work icon The Glass Curtain Ru Pullan , 7821032 1972 single work drama
y separately published work icon Cobalt Blue Ru Pullan , 7821008 1971 single work drama
y separately published work icon Curly on the Rack Ru Pullan , 7820886 1958 single work drama

'Author Ru Pullan has tried to present aspects of Australian character in the setting of Rabaul, about a year after the end of the war.

'His theme is the conflict of mateship and impressive individualism, both tested in the scavanging [sic] atmosphere of war salvage.

[...]

'It centres on the discovery of money during the war buried on an island by Curly , spring-heeled tough, and Scobie, his crippled mate.'

Source:

'New Australian Play in Sydney Undistinguished', The Age, 4 September 1958, p.2.

form y separately published work icon The Winged Chariot Patricia Hooker , 7126042 1967 single work radio play historical fiction

Radio play about the death of Socrates.

form y separately published work icon Twilight of a Hero Patricia Hooker , 7124161 1962 single work radio play

According to contemporary news reports, the radio play 'took for its subject the love of King David for his son Absolom.'

The same reporter noted that 'Research revealed that the story was taken straight from the Biblical text, so that no flights of imagination were necessary and the author had only to concentrate on the dialogue. Even a great deal of this was provided by the Book of Samuel.'

(See 'The Bright Side of Concerts' under Works About.)

y separately published work icon An Awful Rose Thomas Keneally , Z1819402 1972 single work drama
y separately published work icon On Shifting Sandshoes Paul Davies , Z853588 1988 single work drama

'The play is about a diverse group of friends who go camping together every Christmas/New Year on Stradbroke Island. However, this year, the Bicentennial year, things go riotously out of kilter : it begins to rain and doesn't let up for days! The creek rises and cuts them off from civilisation ... the holiday now becomes a struggle for survival!

Friendships are strained, belongings are soggy, food becomes scarce. Relationships are stripped to the bone! The vigorous games of 'Bastard Ball' are replaced by the dividing up of the last sardine and the spelling out of S.O.S on the beach in XXXX empties!

The play is about migration within Australia—the annual Christmas trek. It's about playing games and having fun. It's about relationships that extend beyond family, and about the strain on those bonds when the food runs out!' Source: www.theatreworks.org.au/ (Sighted 08/10/2010).

y separately published work icon The Department David Williamson , Z1507226 1974 single work drama
y separately published work icon The Coming of Stork David Williamson , Z1506778 1970 single work drama
— Appears in: The Coming of Stork, Jugglers Three, What if You Died Tomorrow : Three Plays 1974; (p. 2-61) Collected Plays : Volume I 1986; (p. 1-61)
form y separately published work icon The Illusionists : A Play Morris West , Z386532 1955 single work radio play The Illusionists : A Play in Three Acts
form y separately published work icon The Illusionists : A Play Morris West , Z386532 1955 single work radio play
y separately published work icon The Pirates of Pal Mal Mona Brand , John Upton , Z1464951 1977 single work drama
y separately published work icon An Awful Rose Thomas Keneally , Z1819402 1972 single work drama
y separately published work icon Last Train to St Kilda : A Heavy Rail Story in Black and White Paul Davies , Z853597 1987 single work drama
form y separately published work icon The Illusionists : A Play Morris West , Z386532 1955 single work radio play
y separately published work icon His Natural Life George Leitch , Australia : 1886 8077162 1886 single work drama

Contemporary newspaper reports indicated that Leitch 'made the necessary alterations in the plot so as to preserve almost every dramatic situation it contains, and he has preserved most of the interesting scenes and even the dialogue of the original story', but he did switch the conclusion so as to bring his work to a happy ending.

See Brisbane Courier article below.

1886
y separately published work icon Welcome Home Jim Crawford , 1900-1999 Z1558088 1900-1999 single work drama 1900-1999
y separately published work icon The Beast of Belgrave Square Stanley Walsh , 1900-1999 Z1584469 1900-1999 single work drama 1900-1999
y separately published work icon Exposed to Danger, or, Little Nell of the Klondike Stanley Walsh , 1900-1999 Z1584474 1900-1999 single work drama 1900-1999
y separately published work icon Lost to the Devil Stanley Walsh , 1900-1999 Z1584709 1900-1999 single work drama 1900-1999
y separately published work icon Sold in Marriage Stanley Walsh , 1900-1999 Z1584727 1900-1999 single work drama 1900-1999
y separately published work icon The Spectre of Wycombe Manor Stanley Walsh , 1900-1999 Z1584730 1900-1999 single work drama 1900-1999
y separately published work icon The Spring Heeled Terror of Stepney Green Stanley Walsh , 1900-1999 Z1584745 1900-1999 single work drama 1900-1999
y separately published work icon The Trials of Hilary Pouncefort Stanley Walsh , 1900-1999 Z1584779 1900-1999 single work drama A melodrama, critical of military authority. 1900-1999
y separately published work icon Odds George Landen Dann , 1924 Z850745 1924 single work drama

Little is known about the plot of this play, which pre-dated Dann's first big success (the prize-winning In Beauty It Is Finished) by six years. Along with a three-act farce called Family Failings, it is Dann's earliest work.

1924
y separately published work icon Family Failings George Landen Dann , 1925 Z850748 1925 single work drama humour

Little is known about the plot of this play, which pre-dated Dann's first big success (the prize-winning In Beauty It Is Finished) by six years. Along with a one-act comedy called Odds, it is Dann's earliest work.

1925
y separately published work icon The Double Purpose George Landen Dann , 1930-1939 Z850757 1930 single work drama 1930-1939
y separately published work icon The Den of Lyons : A Comedy Life's Not Melodrama George Landen Dann , 1930-1959 Z850796 1930 single work drama

Little is known of the plot of this drama.

1930-1959
y separately published work icon In Beauty It Is Finished : A Play in Three Acts George Landen Dann , 1931 Z850751 1931 single work drama

Set on an island off the coast of Queensland, the play deals with the refusal of a lighthouse keeper to recognise the effect that the geographic and social isolation is having on his family.

1931
y separately published work icon Monday Morning George Landen Dann , 1933 Z850766 1933 single work drama historical fiction

Set in a sheriff's office in Sydney in 1828, the play deals with an execution for highway robbery.

1933
y separately published work icon The Days of Roses George Landen Dann , 1933 Z850760 1933 single work drama 1933
form y separately published work icon Monday Morning George Landen Dann , 1933 9502320 1933 single work radio play historical fiction

Radio adaptation of the one-act play.

1933
y separately published work icon The Days of Roses George Landen Dann , 1933 Z850760 1933 single work drama 1934
form y separately published work icon A Foreground for Fanny George Landen Dann , Australia : Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1935 Z850763 1934 single work radio play

A radio play exploring the introduction of Percy Bysshe Shelley into the Godwin household c. 1812.

Fanny Imlay was one of Godwin's two stepdaughters, the daughter of Mary Wollstonecraft and Gilbert Imlay. She was left behind when Shelley eloped with Mary and her stepsister Claire Clairmont in 1814: she later committed suicide, in part, it is said, at her continued isolation from the Shelley household.

1935
form y separately published work icon No Incense Rising Rirolf , 1937 9497658 1937 single work radio play 1937
y separately published work icon Stick to Your Seats Jim Crawford , 1940-1949 Z1558082 1940-1949 single work drama 1940-1949
form y separately published work icon The Young Disciple George Landen Dann , 1940 Z850835 1940 single work radio play

Little is known about the plot of this radio play.

1940
y separately published work icon Fountains Beyond George Landen Dann , 1940 Z29361 1940 single work drama Set in the Australian outback the narrative concerns Aboriginal rights and ideals, particularly with regard to the production of a corroboree. Matters such as assimilation, politics and ideology and race relations are questioned. 1940
form y separately published work icon Fountains Beyond : A Musical Play in Three Acts George Landen Dann , Gerry Cole (composer), 1940 Z898315 1940 single work radio play musical theatre

A musical version of George Landen Dann's play of the same name, with the score written by Sydney-based composer Gerry Cole. Set in the Australian outback the narrative concerns Aboriginal rights and ideals, particularly with regard to the production of a corroboree. Matters such as assimilation, politics and ideology and race relations are questioned. Although the work was broadcast on radio there is no record of it ever having been produced on the stage. Theatre historian and friend of Dann, Leslie Rees, wrote in 1958 that he often thought about 'having a go at this musical but it would be hard to make any players other than true aborigines [sic] seem convincing' (qtd Queensland Theatre Company programme, 2000, p9). An unpublished manuscript is held in the Eunice Hanger Collection of the Fryer Library (The University of Queensland).

1940
form y separately published work icon It Walks by Night Max Afford , Australia : Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1941 8621388 1941 series - publisher radio play thriller

Jeffery and Elizabeth Blackburn find themselves at isolated Wolford Hall, occupied by a group–each strangers to the other–who have been invited to the property by a 'Mr Rea'. As the mysteries of the house thicken–including the appearance of unsigned typewritten notes–the couple begin to suspect a connection with a five-year-old unsolved murder and realise that one of the house's inhabitants is that murderer, Edward Anson, in disguise.

For a (partial) list of episode titles and episode-by-episode synopses (drawn from contemporary radio guides), see Notes below.

1941
form y separately published work icon Fountains Beyond George Landen Dann , Australia : Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1942 9520639 1942 single work radio play 1942
y separately published work icon Fountains Beyond George Landen Dann , 1940 Z29361 1940 single work drama Set in the Australian outback the narrative concerns Aboriginal rights and ideals, particularly with regard to the production of a corroboree. Matters such as assimilation, politics and ideology and race relations are questioned. 1943
y separately published work icon Portrait of a Gentleman George Farwell , 1946 9518861 1946 single work drama historical fiction

An expanded script of Farwell's 1940 radio play of the same name.

1946
y separately published work icon Ha! Ha! Among the Trumpets George Landen Dann , 1946 Z850772 1945 single work drama 1946
y separately published work icon Rocket Range Jim Crawford , 1947 Z1164463 1946 single work drama 1947
form y separately published work icon Consulting Room Max Afford , 1948 Z1075697 1948 single work radio play fantasy

Clem and Carla are adamant that they will never bring a child into a world ravaged by war—a world where cancer tragically takes people’s lives. They see senseless death all around them. After travelling very far to see Sir Earnest in his Consulting Room, they are dismayed to discover that they do not have an appointment. However, in this mysterious, fantastical place, they will find themselves in the company of a young man and an elderly spinster who will change their lives forever.

A fantasy drama, described in contemporary newspapers as 'Locale midway between life and death; characters, the unborn, the living, and the dead; moral — boosting the birthrate.'

Source:

'Radiopinion: You Can Say What You Like', Sunday Mail, 13 June 1948, p.6.


Characters

CARLA

CLEM

NURSE

MISS EDWARDS

SIR EARNEST

DOCTOR

DAVID

1948
form y separately published work icon Out of This Nettle and Silver Ridge with Three Other Radio Plays : Also Notes on Writing for Radio Max Afford , Leslie Rees , 1948-1951 13015943 1948 collected work radio play 1948-1951
y separately published work icon Dark Enchantment Max Afford , 1949 8637492 1949 single work drama fantasy thriller

'The story revolves round a young girl whose early fascination for a foreign ventriloquist leaves her with his doll, £1,000, and an accompanying "dark enchantment".'

Source:

'Australian Play "Needs Overhaul"', News, 28 June 1949, p.15.

1949
y separately published work icon Miner's Right Jim Crawford , 1950-1959 Z1558064 1950-1959 single work drama 1950-1959
y separately published work icon Refugee : A Play in One Act Jim Crawford , 1950-1959 Z1558070 1950-1959 single work drama 1950-1959
form y separately published work icon Napoleon - The Impossible Conquest Colin Free , 1950-1959 Z851425 1950 single work radio play 1950-1959
y separately published work icon Tjuringa Ru Pullan , 1950-1959 7820981 1950 single work drama 1950-1959
y separately published work icon They Passed This Way : Phantasy in One Act Jim Crawford , 1951 Z1558085 1951 single work drama 1951
form y separately published work icon Mrs Pretty and the Premier Edmund Barclay , 1951 Z894971 1951 single work radio play humour

Radio version of Arthur H. Adams's play, adapted by Edmund Barclay.

According to the Age:

Premier William Power's career faces ruin when, on the eve of the introduction of a bill aimed against big land owners, it is discovered that Mrs. Pretty, a young widow, and one of the land owners likely to be affected, had spent the night In the Premier's office — the night when he himself had not gone home.

Source:

[Radio guide], The Age, 1 March 1951, p.3.

1951
form y separately published work icon Love Returns to Umbrizi Pat Flower , 1958 Z851240 1958 single work radio play 1958
form y separately published work icon Caroline Chisholm : A Play by George Landen Dann Coralie Rees , 1958 9497062 1958 single work radio play 1958
form y separately published work icon The Dark Wind Michael Noonan , United Kingdom (UK) : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) , 1959 8149131 1959 single work radio play

Little is known about the plot of this radio play.

1959
y separately published work icon Wish No More : An Adult Fairy Tale Marien Dreyer , 1960 8602457 1960 single work drama

Little is known of this playscript, and no productions have been traced so far.

1960
form y separately published work icon Dark Enchantment Joy Hollyer , 1960 Z854776 1960 single work radio play fantasy thriller

A radio adaptation of Max Afford's successful 1949 stage play, Dark Enchantment, by radio script-writer Joy Hollyer.

1960
form y separately published work icon Concord of Sweet Sounds Patricia Hooker , 1960-1969 7125985 1960 single work film/TV

The world of a turbulent but brilliant concert pianist.

1960-1969
form y separately published work icon A Season in Hell Patricia Hooker , 1960-1969 7125999 1960 single work film/TV

Recreates the fraught relationship between Arthur Rimbaud and Paul Verlaine at the end of the nineteenth century.

1960-1969
y separately published work icon Old Man's Darling : A Play in Three Acts Judy Fallon , 1961 15019151 1961 single work drama 1961
form y separately published work icon The Sergeant from Burralee Phillip Grenville Mann , Sydney : Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1961 8037558 1961 single work film/TV

Very little is known about this obscure production, although it appears to have been written directly for television (see, for example, 'TV Today, Tonight', The Age, 14 June 1961, p.3).

1961
form y separately published work icon The Loquat Tree : A Play for Radio Barbara Vernon , 1962 Z1463197 1962 single work radio play

'The loquat tree outside Jim Emerson's station homestead in northern New South Wales is his pride and joy–but it is a pest trap.'

Source:

Radio Times, 21 May 1964, p.45.

1962
form y separately published work icon The People Out There Colin Free , 1963 Z851431 1963 single work radio play 1963
y separately published work icon Bandicoot on a Burnt Ridge Marien Dreyer , 1964 Z441983 1962 single work drama 1964
form y separately published work icon The Garden of Earthly Delights : A Tale of a Future Time Colin Free , 1964 Z851413 1964 single work radio play 1964
form y separately published work icon The Winds of Amalek Colin Free , 1964 Z851443 1964 single work radio play 1964
form y separately published work icon The Winds of Green Monday Michael Noonan , United Kingdom (UK) : Rediffusion Television , 1965 6725990 1965 single work film/TV historical fiction

A contemporary newspaper report offers the following synopsis: 'The story deals with a crew which deserts a ship to find a fortune on the NSW goldfields of the 1850s and the efforts of the captain to lure them back on board.'

Source: '"Combat" Private in a Ballad', Canberra Times, 2 August 1965, p.1.

1965
form y separately published work icon And It Wasn't Just the Feathers Alan Seymour , 1965 Z1425129 1965 single work film/TV

Vaguely described in contemporary newspapers as

'an off-beat little section on youth's contact with the aged.

The two main characters, played subtly by Patience Collier as the aged lonely woman and Gary Bond as the lonely youth were really a minor essay on that subject.

Not quite ABC Australia stuff but very much BBC Australia stuff, apparently.'

Source:

'Under the Long White Shroud', The Canberra Times, 12 July 1966, p.11.

1965
form y separately published work icon The Paradise Shanty Kevin McGrath , Australia : Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1966 7107035 1966 single work film/TV

Nothing is currently known of the cast or storyline of this production.

The Paradise Shanty : A Play for Television
1966
form y separately published work icon The Maid's Part Jessica Anderson , Australia : Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1967 10181110 1967 single work radio play 1967
y separately published work icon Other Times Ray Lawler , 1970-1979 Z513399 1970-1979 single work drama 1970-1979
form y separately published work icon Brain Drain Colin Free , 1970 Z851356 1970 single work radio play 1970
y separately published work icon Don's Party David Williamson , 1971 Z1505961 1971 single work drama satire (taught in 17 units) 1971
form y separately published work icon Silver Bells and Cockle Shells : A Play for Radio Barbara Vernon , 1972 Z1463129 1972 single work radio play 1972
y separately published work icon At Last It's Here Paul Davies , 1973 Z853585 1973 single work drama 1973
form y separately published work icon Essington Thomas Keneally , 1974 11653611 1974 single work film/TV

In Essington, Keneally gives an account of a Royal Marine settlement at Port Essington on the northern coast of Australia in the 1840s. The European settlers are unable to adapt their social structures and ideals to the new surroundings.

Bob Squires, a convict on the run, stumbles into the newly established township of Port Essington, which is crumbling under the effects of fatigue, disease, and madness. Squires makes himself invaluable to the marines of the disintegrating garrison. A naval vessel eventually arrives with orders to evacuate the settlement and destroy the fort to prevent it from falling into the hands of a possible enemy. Squires remains behind with a half-witted girl, Pretty Polly.

1974
form y separately published work icon No Thanks, I'm on a Diet Margaret Kelly , Melbourne : Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1974 8102436 1974 single work film/TV 1974
y separately published work icon Bees Jennifer Rankin , 1974 Z513707 1974 single work drama 1974
y separately published work icon The Club David Williamson , 1976 Z1506538 1976 single work drama (taught in 14 units) 1976
y separately published work icon A Handful of Friends David Williamson , Sydney : Currency Press , 1976 Z43910 1976 single work drama 1976
y separately published work icon A Handful of Friends David Williamson , Sydney : Currency Press , 1976 Z43910 1976 single work drama 1976
y separately published work icon Big Toys Patrick White , 1977 Z1516196 1977 single work drama
— Appears in: Nagyvilag Vilagirodalmi Folyoirat , no. 8 1980; (p. 1189-1223)
1977
y separately published work icon Conspiracy Peter Brennan , 1977 Z431767 1977 single work drama 1977
form y separately published work icon Oh Ted Neilsen , 1978 Z1453154 1978 single work radio play 1978
y separately published work icon Travelling North David Williamson , 1978 Z1515731 1978 single work drama Frank and Frances find new life in a twilight love affair, to the consternation of their conventional children. Their dream takes them north to the sun; but no sooner do they find their idyll than signs of mortality betray Frank's lion spirit. Travelling North is David Williamson's tribute to the generation that fought for change in Australia from the 30s to the 70s; and reaches the rueful conclusion that the legacy of such self-determination is narrow-mindedness and the need for love. (Publisher's blurb, back cover). 1978
y separately published work icon The Warhorse John Upton , 1979 Z1465072 1979 single work drama humour 1979
form y separately published work icon The Orange Grove George Landen Dann , 1958 Z850826 1958 single work radio play

'Carrie lives alone on her impoverished river-flats farm. Isolated and forgotten by the world, she relies on the company of the birds and trees. With her parents long gone, and her neighbour's constant excuses not to visit her, she ekes out an existence from her old orange grove tree.

'But her solitude is shattered when David, a dark, handsome stranger appears, resembling her past lover. While David draws up his proposal for the development of a new road and bridge, Carrie's grip on reality begins to slide as she mixes recollection of a past betrayal with David's new one – the possible resumption of her land.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (Playlab).

1979
y separately published work icon Sons of Cain David Williamson , 1980-1989 Z1514622 1980-1989 single work drama

'Sons of Cain is a 1985 play by David Williamson about three female investigative reporters.

'It looks at the New South Wales Labor government of the 1980s'

'Production

'Williamson directed the original production himself, the first time he had done this with one of his own plays. He says he did five full drafts of the play over a period of six months.

'The original production was presented in London in 1986 by the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust.' (Source : website)

1980-1989
Quadraphrenia Ted Neilsen , 1980 Z73394 1980 single work drama
— Appears in: Oh ; Quadraphrenia : Two Plays 1984; (p. 19-78)
1980
form y separately published work icon The Harlequin Shuffle Tony Strachan , 1981 11617869 1981 single work radio play 1981
y separately published work icon The World and Some Peacocks Berwyn Lewis , 1981 6838483 1981 single work drama 1981
y separately published work icon Dry Storm Michael Gurr , 1982 11113823 1982 single work drama 1982
y separately published work icon Emerald City David Williamson , 1986 Z1507280 1986 single work drama 1986
y separately published work icon Johnno Nick Enright , 1987 7338753 1987 single work screenplay

A screenplay based on David Malouf's novel. There is no indication of this screenplay's having been produced.

1987
y separately published work icon Johnno Nick Enright , 1987 7338753 1987 single work screenplay

A screenplay based on David Malouf's novel. There is no indication of this screenplay's having been produced.

1987
form y separately published work icon What Time Is This House Virginia Baxter , Linda Marie Walker , Lani Weedon , Keith Gallasch , Sydney : ABC Radio , 1988 11616878 1988 single work radio play 1988
y separately published work icon Storming St. Kilda by Tram Storming Mont Albert by Tram; Storming Swanston Walk by Tram Paul Davies , 1988 Z1731143 1982 single work drama 1988
y separately published work icon Moorli and the Leprechaun Jack Davis , 1989 Z1604193 1989 single work drama children's 'When Moorli, the Aboriginal rainmaking spirit, meets Loopy, an Irish leprechaun, they determine to help Joan go on a school excursion to Uluru, despite her father's opposition to the idea. An authentic and entertaining story imbued with Jack Davis' understanding of racial tensions.' Source: Publisher's blurb 1989
y separately published work icon Red Ted and the Great Depression Patrick Laughren , Paul Davies , 1993 Z1731148 1993 single work drama 1993
y separately published work icon Buckley's Hope : A Two Act Play Buckley's Hope Ernie Blackmore , 1999 8631512 1999 single work drama 1999
y separately published work icon Birthrights : Soulmates : Two Plays David Williamson , 2002 Z1514669 2002 selected work drama criticism 2002
form y separately published work icon The Turner Affair Sonia Louise Armstrong , Australia : IFM Film Associates , 2002 6341488 2002 single work film/TV crime thriller mystery

An independent Australian thriller, eventually picked up for distribution by American-based distribution company IFM Films.

According to the distribution company, 'the picture centres on the aftermath of a scheming couple's fateful scam at the jazz academy they run.'

Source: Screen Daily (http://www.screendaily.com/ifm-picks-up-the-turner-affair-for-afm/4011919.article). (Sighted: 19/8/2013)

2002
form y separately published work icon The Rage in Placid Lake Tony McNamara , Australia : Rapacious Pictures , 2003 Z1061504 2003 single work film/TV humour

'Placid Lake is a kid who follows his instincts; follows them so far they lead him to convalescing in a full body cast and pondering whether following your heart is good for your health. Deciding it isn't, he must take the road more travelled. Be normal, fit in. Even if it kills you.'

Source: Screen Australia. (Sighted: 4/12/2013)

2003
form y separately published work icon Alexandra's Project Rolf De Heer , Australia : Wild Bunch Vertigo Productions , 2003 Z1805780 2003 single work film/TV thriller

A regular suburban family man comes home 'from work on his birthday to find a deserted house and a videotape waiting to be played... '

Source: Screen Australia.

2003
Construction of the Human Heart Ross Mueller , 2005 Z1533797 2005 single work drama
— Appears in: Construction of the Human Heart [and] (The Pilot Version of...) Something To Die For 2008; (p. 1-61)

'Ross Mueller's groundbreaking Construction of the Human Heart effortlessly integrates form and content to produce an ambitious and original meditation on loss and the redemptive qualities of communication through art'

'At the heart of the play is The Couple, known only as Him and Her, two playwrights dealing with unimaginable loss the only way they know how — by building a fortress of words impregnable to grief. But emotions have a way of emerging through cracks in the walls. and gradually the truth slips past their defenses to uncover their very real tragedies.'

Source: Tasmanian Theatre Company.

2005
y separately published work icon Positive Expectations Positive Expectations : A Two Act Play Ernie Blackmore , 2006 8631491 2006 single work drama 'A play that takes a different approach to urban Australian Indigenous stereotypes; social engineering and the impact it has on people's lives; looks at the issues of HIV, AIDS, new age treatments and euthanasia.' Source: Mura AIATSIS Collections Catalogue (Sighted 08/10/2007). 2006
y separately published work icon Show Us Ya Tiddas! Lou Bennett , 2007 Z1595358 2007 single work musical theatre 'Show Us Ya Tiddas', is a one-woman show. It journeys through the musical autobiography of a multi-talented Indigenous singer/songwriter who faced many challenges coming to terms with her sexuality in a rural Victorian country town. 2007
y separately published work icon The Fag from Zagreb Lally Katz , 2007 Z1818146 2009 single work drama 'Jeremy returns home from school to find the Apocalypse Bear making him his after school snack instead of his mother. After a while he notices his sister doesn't seem to be around. The Apocalypse Bear is the only one home with him when a heartbreaking package arrives from Jeremy's only friend, the fag from Zagreb. And there is a certain threat, rising from the woods.' (White Whale Theatre website)
2007
y separately published work icon The Seed Kate Mulvany , Strawberry Hills : Currency Press , 2008 Z1151825 2007 single work drama (taught in 4 units) 'Meet Rose Maloney. Her dad Danny went to Vietnam. Her grandfather Brian is ex-IRA. Today is their collective birthday. From this intimate reunion, The Seed opens itself up over and over again until a silent family battle becomes a national story about finding new life amongst the rubble of old wars. This play has a very special kind of honesty and humour to it which sorts the great lies we buy into from the reality we live through.' (Publisher's blurb) 2008
y separately published work icon And No More Shall We Part Tom Holloway , 2008 Z1827273 2008 single work drama

'After a long and successful marriage, Pam and Don are still very much in love. But Pam is ill and has to make a heartbreaking decision that will transform both their lives. She does so in the only way she knows how - quickly, pragmatically, and resolutely. Don behaves in the only way he knows how - struggling to keep up but desperate not to lose touch.

'And No More Shall We Part follows Pam and Don's halting, humorous and devastating attempt at the impossible - to begin to say goodbye to each other after a lifetime together.' (From the publisher's website.)

2008
y separately published work icon The Web Kate Mulvany , 2009 Z1801167 2009 single work drama 'Travis is headstrong and confident, with the world at his feet. Fred is shy, isolated and dealing with the death of his father. When Travis takes Fred under his wing to help him with a social studies assignment, it triggers an intriguing chain of events that ends in a vicious attack.' Source: University of Queensland Library catalogue. 2009
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