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BARBARA ANDERSON |
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Nationality: New Zealander Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: Playmarket Inc |
Barbara Anderson, who began writing plays in 1984, has had two of her scripts accepted for the Playwrights´ Workshop - Bonny and Bruce in 1984 and Truth Kick in 1986. Truth Kick (now retitled Joggers) was the joint winner of the 1986 John Cowie Reid Prize for a full-length play. In 1992 she was awarded the Wattie´s Fiction prize for her novel Portrait of the Artist´s Wife.
Plays by Barbara Anderson
Eric | ||
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| 1st Published: | Playmarket, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #54015 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | Lightweight domestic comedy with modish roles of an academic mother breadwinner, a house-husband without a career, a teenage daughter with Miss Universe looks and a problem son in kindergarten where his imaginary companion Eric, threatener of barbie dolls, needs silencing. Effective reversal in conclusion. | |||||
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Gorillas | ||
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| 1st Published: | Playmarket, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #54016 | |||
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Genre: | full legth Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 4 | ||
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Synopsis: | A farce involving the double bookings of a convention centre by both Rotarians and Psychiatrists. They combine for a fancy dress ball, infidelities and penetration by undercover agents | |||||
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Impossible To Tell | ||
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| 1st Published: | Playmarket, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #54017 | |||
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Genre: | Drama One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | brief domestic drama with emotional strength about a girl at the point of deciding not to re-play her mother's role. Clearly defined supporting characters of a nagging Karori mother, infuriating pipe-smoking joke-telling father who calls his daughter Pot-pot, and a boyfriend who's a drop-out already. | |||||
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Joggers | ||
| 1st Produced: | Workshop | 1986 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Playmarket, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #54018 | |||
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 | 3 | Female | 4 | ||
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Synopsis: | A domestic drama set in motion by the return of Tom, adored elder son of Sib and Noel, and his girlfriend Sara, hell-bent on truth-telling. Noel believes that sport and politics don't mix. But joggers running past the picture window constantly remind the family of the issues that divide them | |||||
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