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PAMELA VAN AMSTEL |
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Nationality: Australian Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Ms. Amstel has served as Writer-in Residence at Nimrod, Sydney in 1983 and was associated with the Australian Film and Television School in 1984 and TN Theatre Company, Brisbane, in 1985. She holds current memberships in NIDA Playwrights Studio and the Australian Writers Guild wherein she is active in tutoring young playwrights including the International Festival of Young Playwrights, Sydney, 1985. Pamela Van Amstel has a B.S. in Social Work and two certificates in nursing.
Plays by Pamela Van Amstel
Are You Lonesome To-night? | ||
| 1st Produced: | Nimrod Downstairs, Sydney | 1983 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Script in the Hanger Collection, Fryer Library, University of Queensland, Australia. http://www.austlit.edu.au >>>, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #52137 | |||
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Genre: | 2 Act Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | Mum, in outer suburbia, has brought up her three children in the Elvis cult. Daughter rebels | |||||
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Late Arrivals | ||
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| 1st Published: | Popular short plays for the Australian stage / selected and introduced by Ron Blair, Vol 2, Sydney : Currency Press, 1985 | ISBN/ASIN: | 086-8191213 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #35348 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | About a disparate group of people at a ferry stopover in Sydney Harbour | |||||
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Neighbourhood | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1985 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #72786 | |||
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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Synopsis: | Set in a neighbourhood centered in an inner city area threatened by progress, the theme of this work is the breakdown of social and family networks and the increased dependence on the state. The center is run by a welfare worker with her own informal style of helping but she, in the end, is made redundant by progress | |||||
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Once in a Blue Moon | ||
| 1st Produced: | Griffin Theatre Company, Sydney | 1983 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #72787 | |||
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 | - | ||
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Synopsis: | Feather, an aging artist who lives on the rooftop of a private hotel, befriends a boy who has come to the city for the first time only to fall into male prostitution. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Public Images | ||
| 1st Produced: | Canberra Youth Theatre | 1985 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #72788 | |||
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: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | A play about teenagers who live in the shadow of their famous/infamous parents | |||||
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Strawberry Girl | ||
| 1st Produced: | Canberra Youth Theatre | 1985 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #72789 | |||
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: | One Act | |||||
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Synopsis: | Christine, shy and seventeen, feels compelled to adopt the extroverted personality of her imaginary friend to impress the Young Man who comes calling. | |||||
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