TIM BALME
| Nationality: | New Zealander |
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Plays by Tim Balme
Ballad Of Jimmy Costello |
| 1st Produced: | Wellington, New Zealand | 1997 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Playmarket | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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Synopsis: Based on a true storyand set in 1960's New Zealand. Jimmy Costello grew up wild and eventually ended up getting a seven year sentence for car theft. Then he kept escaping from prison and running rings around the police and New Zealanders took him to their heart. The New Zealand Dominion called it: "a rollicking tiki tour of Kiwi kultcha." | ||||
