RIWIA BROWN (1957 - )
| Nationality: | New Zealand/Aotearoan |
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Plays by Riwia Brown
Debate, The |
| 1st Produced: | Bats Theatre, Wellington. NZ | 1994 | ||
| Company: | Young & Hungry | |||
| 1st Published: | Playmarket | - | ||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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Synopsis: Should Maori be the national language of New Zealand? The debate between a Maori and Pakeha school deviates from what one would expect when the Pakeha team draws the affirmative. Written for young people | ||||
Irirangi Bay |
| 1st Produced: | Taki Rua, Wellington. NZ | 1996 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | in Ta Matou Mangai (ed. Hone Kouka), VUP | 1999 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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Synopsis: The consequences of a makutu (curse) laid during the New Zealand land wars haunts this passionate story. A seemingly perfect married couple of the 1950's are victims of a web of secrets that threaten their very lives. | ||||
Nga Wahine (The Woman) |
| 1st Produced: | Taki Rua, Wellington. NZ | 1992 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Playmarket | - | ||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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Synopsis: Dana is a young Maori student who finds herself pregnant. Moana is a well-educated, successful, married older woman also pregnant. The play is set in the labour ward of a maternity hospital | ||||
Roimata |
| 1st Produced: | The Depot, Wellington. NZ | 1988 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Playmarket, in He Reo Hou | 1991 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 5 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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Synopsis: Roimata, having been brought up on the East Coast by her grandmother, comes to the city to stay with her half-sister Girlie. There she meets Eddy, the leader of an urban gang, and Kevin, a childhood friend who has since joined the Salvation Army | ||||
Te Hokinga |
| 1st Produced: | The Depot, Wellington. NZ | 1990 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Playmarket | - | ||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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Synopsis: In this sequel to 'Roimata', the two sisters have returned to the East Coast. Girlie is about to get married, and Roimata invites Eddie up for the wedding. | ||||