JOANNA MURRAY-SMITH   


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Plays by Joanna Murray-Smith

JOANNA MURRAY-SMITH
Atlanta
1st Produced:
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Company:
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1st Published:
Currency Press, Sydney
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Genre:
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One Act
Parts:
Male
3
Female
3
Parts Other:
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Notes: -
Synopsis: Weaves together the subconscious world of dreams with that of everyday life,
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JOANNA MURRAY-SMITH
Bombshells
1st Produced:
Fairfax Theatre, Victorian Arts Centre Playhouse, Melbourne
2001
Company:
Melbourne Theatre Company
1st Published:
Nick Hern Books, London & Currency Press, Australia >>>
2004
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Genre:
Monologues
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Parts:
Male
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Female
1
Parts Other:
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Notes: -
Synopsis: Six monologues made famous by the diva Caroline O'Connor, exposing six women balancing their inner and outer lives with humour and often desperate cunning. They range in age from a feisty teenager to a 64-year-old widow yearning for the unexpected.
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JOANNA MURRAY-SMITH
Female of the Species
1st Produced:
Victorian Arts Centre Playhouse, Melbourne
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Company:
Melbourne Theatre Company
1st Published:
2008
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Genre:
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Comedy
Parts:
Male
3
Female
3
Parts Other:
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Notes: -
Synopsis: Thirty years ago Margot Mason, pioneer of the 1970s Women's Liberation movement and fearless academic, wrote her groundbreaking work and numerous best-sellers followed. But now she has writer's block. Molly, an unannounced visitor and committed fan of Margot and her work, offers a potential solution - until Molly produces a gun and calmly informs Margot that she intends to kill her because she blames her for warping her mother's mind and ruining her life with her hit book The Cerebral Vagina. Joanna Murray-Smith's deliciously wicked comedy deftly walks the tightrope between satire and farce proving the female of the species is not only deadlier, but funnier than the male. This latest gem from the pen of one of Australia's most outstanding playwrights was inspired by Germaine Greer's experience of being held captive in her country house in Essex in 2000
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JOANNA MURRAY-SMITH
Flame
1st Produced:
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1994
Company:
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1st Published:
in "Passion", Currency Press, Sydney
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Genre:
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One Act
Parts:
Male
1
Female
1
Parts Other:
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Notes: -
Synopsis: A woman encounters her dead husband in this raw, intense and poetic play.
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JOANNA MURRAY-SMITH
Honour
1st Produced:
Melbourne
1995
Company:
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1st Published:
Currency Press, Sydney
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Genre:
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One Act
Parts:
Male
1
Female
3
Parts Other:
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Notes: -
Synopsis: Gus and Honor have been happily married for thirty-two years. She is a successful writer, he is a revered columnist. They have a perfect understanding of each other. Until a pushy young female journalist - on an assignment to 'profile' Gus - quite deliberately seeks to undermine that understanding. The fallout is dreadful - but beautifully and convincingly portrayed in all its painful consequences. . .
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JOANNA MURRAY-SMITH
Love Child
1st Produced:
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1993
Company:
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1st Published:
Currency Press, Sydney
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Genre:
75 min
One Act
Parts:
Male
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Female
2
Parts Other:
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Notes: -
Synopsis: A reunion between disparate mother and daughter.
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JOANNA MURRAY-SMITH
Nightfall
1st Produced:
2007
Company:
London Classic Theatre
1st Published:
theatre
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Genre:
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Thriller
Parts:
Male
1
Female
2
Parts Other:
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Notes: -
Synopsis: A middle-aged couple sit expectantly in their comfortable drawing-room, waiting for the doorbell to ring. In a few minutes, a young woman will arrive at their home. Emily and Edward Kingsley have dreamt of this moment for seven years. An opportunity to meet the child they lost and confront the secrets of a troubled past. As night falls, the truth waits patiently in the shadows. . .
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JOANNA MURRAY-SMITH
Rapture
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Genre:
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes: -
Synopsis: -
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JOANNA MURRAY-SMITH
Redemption
1st Produced:
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Company:
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1st Published:
Currency Press, Sydney
1997
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Genre:
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes: -
Synopsis: Delves deep into the process of memory, individual perception and notions of personal and familial truths,
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JOANNA MURRAY-SMITH
Scenes From A Marriage
1st Produced:
2008
Company:
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1st Published:
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
2
Female
3
Parts Other:
doubling
Notes: based on the 1973 Ingmar Bergman film
Synopsis: -
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