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JEFF ADDISON (1963 - ) |
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Nationality: New Zealander Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: PlaymarketInc |
Educated at Waikato and Victoria Universities. Winner of the Macmillan Brown Prize for Writers in 1984. In 1989 his play Legitimate Strip was workshopped at the National Playwrights´ Workshop and in 1991 it was performed under the title Idol Adultery at Bats Theatre in Wellington. Jeff´s interest in music has led to the incorporation of original songs into most of his plays. He has recently settled near Tauranga and begun making puppets and writing and producing puppet theatre.
Plays by Jeff Addison
He Repo Haka | ||
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| 1st Published: | Playmarket, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #54009 | |||
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Genre: | full length Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | The action alternates between past and present with echoing scenes. In a pioneer cottage Chloe, a young English immigrant, and Weka are locked in conflict while in contemporary New Zealand Tigertooth holds Gina hostage. | |||||
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Idol Adultery | ||
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| 1st Published: | Playmarket, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #54010 | |||
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Genre: | full legth Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | The story of two young lovers, two not-so-young lovers, and two lovers who haven´t had sex for 3000 years | |||||
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Jungle Gym Johnnie | ||
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| 1st Published: | Playmarket, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #54011 | |||
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Genre: | Youth Drama, full length Youth Audience | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 | ||
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Synopsis: | Sam Honeybell, property developer, has designs on the playground that is owned by a group of kids called the Short Street Tribe. The battle of good and evil is played out against a background of popular music. For children and adults. | |||||
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Kahuhura | ||
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| 1st Published: | Playmarket, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #54012 | |||
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Genre: | Youth Musical Youth Audience | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 7 | ||
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Synopsis: | With songs, dance and mime Hine Titama adventures through native forest, time and space. Bi-lingual and aimed at school audiences it uses myth, magic and a large chorus | |||||
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Upright | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Depot, NZ | 1988 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playmarket, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #54013 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | full length Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | Peter Miller, an elderly pianist in a rest home, reminisces and reenacts for the audience the story of his life. Through him we meet his parents, his terrible twin sisters, his lover Binnie and her possessive brother, and especially the piano which is his friend and downfall. A solo play with music. | |||||
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White Sheep Black Sheep | ||
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| 1st Published: | Playmarket, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #54014 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | full legth Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 | ||
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Synopsis: | The action takes place in various bars of a hotel over the weekend of a conference. A senior appointment is about to be made and the contenders are a woman, a Maori and a homosexual. The machinations are devious and dirty. Everybody is confounded in the end. | |||||
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