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REX MCGREGOR |
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Nationality: New Zealander Email: Click here to contact Website: Click here to visit |
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Literary Agent: n/a |
Rex McGregor is a member of the Auckland Playwrights Collective, the New Zealand Society of Authors and the Playwrights Association of New Zealand. His plays have been performed in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Auckland and Palmerston North. He is the author of Laugh with Jesus: the Funniest Comedian of All Time (CreateSpace / Pressed Leaf Press, 2012) and Cuisine for Angels: tantalizing recipes to entice the bringers of happiness into your life (CreateSpace / Pressed Leaf Press, 2012). He has a Master of Arts (Hons) in Languages and Literature from the University of Auckland and is currently a senior collections librarian at Auckland Libraries and a member of LIANZA (Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa).
Plays by Rex McGregor
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| Music: | - | doollee no | #130839 | |||
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Genre: | Ten-minute comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | You are old, Father William, the young man said, "And your hair has become very white; And yet you incessantly stand on your head- Do you think, at your age, it is right?" - Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | |||||
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Above the Stave | ||
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| Music: | - | doollee no | #136964 | |||
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Genre: | Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | An expanded version of Canary Now | |||||
Synopsis: | Young Edgar is thrilled when an eccentric widow takes him to Italy to study singing. Ninety years later Old Edgar recalls the Signora's mysterious obsession. | |||||
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Canary Now | ||
| 1st Produced: | Part of Short and Sweet, Newtown Theatre, Sydney, Australia | 05 Feb 2011 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | http://www.pressedleafpress.com | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #115885 | |||
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Genre: | Ten-minute play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | Young Edgar is thrilled when an eccentric widow takes him to Italy to study singing. Eighty-eight years later Old Edgar recalls the Signora's mysterious obsession | |||||
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Clash of the Delusions | ||
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| 1st Published: | http://www.pressedleafpress.com | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #130847 | |||
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Genre: | Farce | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | All characters are teenagers, but may be played by mature actors for comic effect. | |||||
Synopsis: | For an assignment on helping the disadvantaged Iris impersonates a teacher at a school in a low socio-economic area. Matiu, a breakdancer just back from Los Angeles, thinks Iris has been sent by a Hollywood studio to film his rise to fame. | |||||
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Deluded | ||
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| 1st Published: | http://www.pressedleafpress.com | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #130838 | |||
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Genre: | Ten-minute comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
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Notes: | Len's wife, Jill, is played by a realistic life-sized mannequin, fashionably dressed. The actors react as if Jill is a real person. | |||||
Synopsis: | That's no mannequin. That's his wife | |||||
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Duelling Judges | ||
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| 1st Published: | http://www.pressedleafpress.com | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #130836 | |||
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Genre: | Ten-minute comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Sparks fly when two domineering judges meet on a blind date | |||||
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Fountain of Youth | ||
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| 1st Published: | http://www.pressedleafpress.com | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #130837 | |||
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Genre: | Ten-minute comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | An elderly couple are on their way to a sanatorium that offers an amazing rejuvenation treatment | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Higgledy-Trilogy | ||
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| 1st Published: | http://www.pressedleafpress.com | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #136965 | |||
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Genre: | 10-minute comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | Owing to a triple booking, a shortage of actors and a surfeit of theatrical ambition beyond our control, three of this evening's plays will be performed simultaneously. They are - in no particular order (and that's putting it mildly) - Pseudo-Human Resources, Time Is Money and Chest-Beating for Gentlemen. We sincerely hope you will understand | |||||
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Hour of Misjudgement | ||
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| 1st Published: | http://www.pressedleafpress.com | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #130841 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | A sequence of 6 ten-minute plays: Fountain of Youth, Deluded, Canary Now, Shredded, Roasting Death, Duelling Judges | |||||
Synopsis: | Variations on the theme of fallibility | |||||
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No Ballet | ||
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| 1st Published: | http://www.pressedleafpress.com | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #130845 | |||
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Genre: | One-act drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | The second part of Triple Fandango | |||||
Synopsis: | A dancer becomes involved in a politically incorrect casting dispute | |||||
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No Gallop | ||
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| 1st Published: | http://www.pressedleafpress.com | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #130846 | |||
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Genre: | One-act comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | The third part of Triple Fandango | |||||
Synopsis: | Lady Godiva faces the consequences of humiliating her husband | |||||
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No Minuet | ||
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| 1st Published: | http://www.pressedleafpress.com | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #130844 | |||
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Genre: | One-act drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | The first part of Triple Fandango | |||||
Synopsis: | Marie Antoinette seeks reconciliation with the man who had her guillotined | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Possible Fathers | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1986 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | http://www.pressedleafpress.com | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #115886 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Either of two young men could be the father of the baby about to be born. Both try to convince the mother that he would be the father for the baby | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Roasting Death | ||
| 1st Produced: | Globe Theatre, Palmerston North, New Zealand | 10 Oct 2010 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | http://www.pressedleafpress.com | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #130835 | |||
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Genre: | Ten-minute comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | Performed at the 2010 Manawatu Festival of New Arts under the title Death for Sophisticates | |||||
Synopsis: | An elegant couple will entertain us on the subject of death - if our recently bereaved pianist doesn't put a damper on the proceedings | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Scabs | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1985 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | http://www.pressedleafpress.com | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #115887 | |||
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Genre: | Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | Three long term unemployed are taken on for a short term job. The union calls everyone out on strike - but for the three temporary workers it is not worth their while to strike. They face hostility from the other workers when they carry on with their jobs | |||||
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Seductive Haven | ||
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| 1st Published: | http://www.pressedleafpress.com | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #130842 | |||
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Genre: | Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 4 | ||
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Synopsis: | Celia resents the disruption of her comfortable life when her mother offers refuge to Haki, a down-and-out young woman who is being pursued by an ex-boyfriend. While Haki thrives on her new-found security, Celia gradually develops a morbid interest in the infatuated stalker | |||||
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Shredded | ||
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| 1st Published: | http://www.pressedleafpress.com | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #130840 | |||
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Genre: | Ten-minute play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Containing a situation in the Vatican | |||||
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Snatched | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1984 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | http://www.pressedleafpress.com | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #115888 | |||
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Genre: | Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A professor kidnaps a former student who has joined a cult and tries to make her see "sense" | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Space Dancers | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1986 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | http://www.pressedleafpress.com | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #115889 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A dancer wakes up to find she is in the far future. Dancing is seen as an irrational act and brain surgery is suggest to cure her | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Taking the Plunge | ||
| 1st Produced: | part of Short and Sweet, Herald Theatre, Aotea Centre, Auckland, New Zealand | 16 Jul 2011 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | http://www.pressedleafpress.com | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #130603 | |||
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Genre: | Ten-minute comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | This should be the happiest day of Lara's life. Her father has spent a fortune on a marquee and Bruce's parents have arrived from Perth. How can she back out now? | |||||
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Triple Fandango | ||
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| 1st Published: | http://www.pressedleafpress.com | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #130843 | |||
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Genre: | Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | An evening of 3 one-act plays: No Minuet, No Ballet, No Gallop | |||||
Synopsis: | Variations on the theme of responsibility | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Will She, Or Wont She? | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1985 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | http://www.pressedleafpress.com | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #115890 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | early draft called "Easy Does It" | |||||
Synopsis: | A happily married woman finds she is attracted to another man. Her husband - jealous - embarks on an affair | |||||
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