JOANNA MURRAY-SMITH
| Nationality: | Australian |
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Plays by Joanna Murray-Smith
Atlanta |
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| 1st Published: | Currency Press, Sydney | - | ||
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| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 |
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Synopsis: Weaves together the subconscious world of dreams with that of everyday life, | ||||
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 | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 |
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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. | ||||
Female of the Species |
| 1st Produced: | Victorian Arts Centre Playhouse, Melbourne | - | ||
| Company: | Melbourne Theatre Company | |||
| 1st Published: | 2008 | |||
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 |
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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 | ||||
Flame |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1994 | ||
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| 1st Published: | in "Passion", Currency Press, Sydney | - | ||
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| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 |
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Synopsis: A woman encounters her dead husband in this raw, intense and poetic play. | ||||
Honour |
| 1st Produced: | Melbourne | 1995 | ||
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| 1st Published: | Currency Press, Sydney | - | ||
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| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 3 |
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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. . . | ||||
Love Child |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1993 | ||
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| 1st Published: | Currency Press, Sydney | - | ||
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| Genre: | 75 min | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 2 |
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Synopsis: A reunion between disparate mother and daughter. | ||||
Nightfall |
| 1st Produced: | 2007 | |||
| Company: | London Classic Theatre | |||
| 1st Published: | theatre | - | ||
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| Genre: | - | Thriller | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 |
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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. . . | ||||
Rapture |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
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Redemption |
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| 1st Published: | Currency Press, Sydney | 1997 | ||
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Synopsis: Delves deep into the process of memory, individual perception and notions of personal and familial truths, | ||||
Scenes From A Marriage |
| 1st Produced: | 2008 | |||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | doubling | |||
Notes: based on the 1973 Ingmar Bergman film | ||||
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