BARBARA ANDERSON
| Nationality: | New Zealander |
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Plays by Barbara Anderson
Eric |
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| 1st Published: | Playmarket | - | ||
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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. | ||||
Gorillas |
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| 1st Published: | Playmarket | - | ||
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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 | ||||
Impossible To Tell |
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| 1st Published: | Playmarket | - | ||
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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. | ||||
Joggers |
| 1st Produced: | Workshop | 1986 | ||
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| 1st Published: | Playmarket | - | ||
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| Genre: | full length | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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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 | ||||