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John Romeril

JOHN ROMERIL   (1945 - )

Nationality:   Australian    Email:   n/a   Website:   n/a

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John Romeril has been a prolific writer whose early plays include the major works I Don't Know Who To Feel Sorry For, Chicago, Chicago and The Floating World. Other plays are Mrs Thally F, Carboni, The Kelly Dance, Lost Weekend, Black Cargo, Bring Down the House, Doing the Block and Red Sun Red Earth. He has studied under Australia Council grants in Europe, Canada and the United States. In 199396 he was recipient of an Australian Artists' Creative Fellowship. More recent works published by Currency are Love Suicides and Miss Tanaka. He has acted as Playwright-in-Residence for many theatre companies and tertiary institutions and served as Chair of the Australian National Playwrights' Centre. In 2003 he received the inaugural ANPC Award which honours Australian playwrights who have made a significant contribution to national theatre and culture.

Plays by John Romeril

JOHN ROMERIL

200 Years

1st Produced:

Melbourne

1970

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JOHN ROMERIL

700000

1st Produced:

Canberra

1980

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JOHN ROMERIL

Accidental Poke, The

1st Produced:

Melbourne

1977

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

in "Popular Short Plays for the Australian Stage 1", Currency Press, Sydney, 1985

ISBN/ASIN:

086-8191051

Music:

-

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Genre:

One Act

Parts:

Male

4

Female

3

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original title Miss Fisk. 3 Act version, 196-?, in Hanger Library, 6m 6f.

Synopsis:

To avoid the attentions of a fortune hunter, a virtuous daughter is married off to the monocle-flaunting swell. Too late they learn the horrible truth.

Further Reference:

Script in the Hanger Collection, Fryer Library, University of Queensland, Australia.>>>,


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JOHN ROMERIL

American Independance Hour, The

1st Produced:

Melbourne

1969

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1st Published:

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-

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JOHN ROMERIL

Arnold Quale Archives, The

1st Produced:

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- - -

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n/a

1st Published:

Script in the Hanger Collection, Fryer Library, University of Queensland, Australia. http://www.austlit.edu.au >>>,

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-

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-

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2

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-

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-

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-

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JOHN ROMERIL

Austral Felix

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- - -

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n/a

1st Published:

Script in the Hanger Collection, Fryer Library, University of Queensland, Australia. http://www.austlit.edu.au >>>,

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-

Music:

-

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Male

1

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-

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Notes:

-

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JOHN ROMERIL

Bastardy

1st Produced:

Melbourne

1972

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Yackandandah, Montmorency, Victoria, 1982

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-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Play One Act

Parts:

Male

3

Female

1

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

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-


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JOHN ROMERIL

Big City, The

1st Produced:

- - -

- - -

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Script in the Hanger Collection, Fryer Library, University of Queensland, Australia. http://www.austlit.edu.au >>>,

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Play/Drama

Parts:

Male

4

Female

1

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

Further Reference:

-


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JOHN ROMERIL

Black Cargo

1st Produced:

Melbourne

1991

Company:

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1st Published:

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-

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-

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Genre:

Adaptation

Parts:

Male

-

Female

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Parts other:

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Notes:

from story by John Morrison

Synopsis:

Further Reference:

-


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JOHN ROMERIL

Brudder Humphrey

1st Produced:

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- - -

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

in "Two Plays", Kosmos, Clayton, Victoria, 1971

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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JOHN ROMERIL

Carboni

1st Produced:

Melbourne

1980

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1st Published:

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JOHN ROMERIL

Centenary Dance

1st Produced:

Adelaide, Australia

1984

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1st Published:

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-

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JOHN ROMERIL

Chesty Bond Cop-out

1st Produced:

- - -

- - -

Company:

Australian Performing Group Script

1st Published:

Script in the Hanger Collection, Fryer Library, University of Queensland, Australia. http://www.austlit.edu.au >>>,

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-

Music:

-

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Genre:

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Parts:

Male

2

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1

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-

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JOHN ROMERIL

Chicago Chicago

1st Produced:

Melbourne

1970

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

in Four Australian plays. Ringwood (Vic.) : Penguin Books Australia, 1973.

ISBN/ASIN:

0140481060

Music:

-

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Genre:

One Act

Parts:

Male

19

Female

5

Parts other:

doubling possible

Notes:

-

Chicago Chicago

a surreal attack on political exploration set against the 1968 Chicago Democrat Convention

Further Reference:

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JOHN ROMERIL

Commission Into The Commission

1st Produced:

- - -

- - -

Company:

Australian Performing Group Script

1st Published:

Script in the Hanger Collection, Fryer Library, University of Queensland, Australia. http://www.austlit.edu.au >>>,

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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-

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JOHN ROMERIL

Definitely Not The Last

1st Produced:

Adelaide, Australia

1985

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Script in the Hanger Collection, Fryer Library, University of Queensland, Australia. http://www.austlit.edu.au >>>,

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Parts:

Male

3

Female

2

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

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JOHN ROMERIL

Dr Karl's Kure

1st Produced:

Melbourne

1970

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

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-

Music:

-

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-

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JOHN ROMERIL

Dudders

1st Produced:

Melbourne

1976

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

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Parts:

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-

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Parts other:

-

Notes:

written with John Timlin

Synopsis:

Further Reference:

-


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JOHN ROMERIL

Earth, Air, Fire, And Water Show, The

1st Produced:

Melbourne

1973

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

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-

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Notes:

-

Synopsis:

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JOHN ROMERIL

Floating World, The

1st Produced:

Pram Factory, Melbourne

06 Aug 19741974

Company:

Australian Performing Group

1st Published:

Currency Press, Sydney, 1975

ISBN/ASIN:

978-0-86819-876-7

Music:

-

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Genre:

One Act

Parts:

Male

5

Female

2

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Floating World, The

Investigating the ambivalent feelings behind the camaraderie of international trade relations, this is a rich ironic study of Australian xenophobia. The story of a returned serviceman's descent into madness on a cruise ship bound for Japan.

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JOHN ROMERIL

Golden Holden Show, The

1st Produced:

Melbourne

1975

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

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#29996

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-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

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JOHN ROMERIL

Hackett Gets Ahead

1st Produced:

Melbourne

1972

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Script in the Hanger Collection, Fryer Library, University of Queensland, Australia. http://www.austlit.edu.au >>>,

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

n/a

Parts:

Male

3

Female

1

Parts other:

-

Notes:

written with Bill and Lorna Hannan

Synopsis:

Further Reference:

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JOHN ROMERIL

He Can Swagger Sitting Down

1st Produced:

Melbourne

1972

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Script in the Hanger Collection, Fryer Library, University of Queensland, Australia. http://www.austlit.edu.au >>>,

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Play/Drama

Parts:

Male

2

Female

1

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Alternative Title: The Fighting Little judge

Synopsis:

Further Reference:

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JOHN ROMERIL

History Of Australia

1st Produced:

Melbourne

1989

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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n/a

Parts:

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-

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-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

written by John Romeril, Tim Robertson and Don Watson

Synopsis:

Further Reference:

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JOHN ROMERIL

Horn Of Plenty, The

1st Produced:

- - -

- - -

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Script in the Hanger Collection, Fryer Library, University of Queensland, Australia. http://www.austlit.edu.au >>>,

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Play/Drama

Parts:

Male

3

Female

1

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

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JOHN ROMERIL

I Don't Know Who To Feel Sorry For

1st Produced:

Melbourne

1969

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Currency Press, Sydney, 1973

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Play/Drama

Parts:

Male

5

Female

4

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

Further Reference:

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JOHN ROMERIL

Imposter, The

1st Produced:

Melbourne

1987

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Adaptation

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Sha Yexin

Synopsis:

Further Reference:

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JOHN ROMERIL

In a Place Somewhere Else

1st Produced:

Melbourne

1969

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#30002

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n/a

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

Further Reference:

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JOHN ROMERIL

Jonah

1st Produced:

Wharf Theatre, Sydney

26 Oct 1985

Company:

Sydney Theatre Company

1st Published:

in Damage, Currency Press, Australia (2010) >>>

ISBN/ASIN:

978-0-86819-876-7

Music:

-

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Genre:

Adaptation

Parts:

Male

7

Female

6

Parts other:

doubling

Notes:

music by Alan Jones, adaptation of novel by Louis Stone. Originally produced under the title Jonah Jones

Jonah

Jonah, a Brechtian musical reinvention of Louis Stone's novel of the same name

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JOHN ROMERIL

Kelly Dance, The

1st Produced:

Adelaide, Australia

1984

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Yackandandah, Montmorency, Victoria, 1986

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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n/a

Parts:

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-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

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JOHN ROMERIL

Kitchen Table, The

1st Produced:

Melbourne

1968

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

in "Two Plays", Kosmos, Clayton, Victoria, 1971

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Music:

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JOHN ROMERIL

Koori Radio

1st Produced:

Hobart

1987

Company:

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-

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JOHN ROMERIL

Legends

1st Produced:

Melbourne

1985

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Yackandandah, Montmorency, Victoria, 1986

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-

Music:

-

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written with Jennifer Hill and Chris Anastassiades

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JOHN ROMERIL

Lost Weekend

1st Produced:

Space Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide

12 Aug 1989

Company:

State Theatre Company of South Australia

1st Published:

in Damage, Currency Press, Australia (2010) >>>

ISBN/ASIN:

978-0-86819-876-7

Music:

-

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Original song and incidental music by Alan John

Lost Weekend

takes a class-based look at 'Australianess'

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JOHN ROMERIL

Love Suicides

1st Produced:

- - -

- - -

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Currency Press, Sydney,

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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A story of cheated love, moral crisis and passionate daring.

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JOHN ROMERIL

Magnetic Martian Potato, The

1st Produced:

Melbourne

1971

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Script in the Hanger Collection, Fryer Library, University of Queensland, Australia. http://www.austlit.edu.au >>>,

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Childrens One Act

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5 actors

Notes:

Shorter version has the title The Magnetic potato

Synopsis:

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JOHN ROMERIL

Making Of The Last Tango In Bacchus Marsh, The

1st Produced:

- - -

- - -

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Script in the Hanger Collection, Fryer Library, University of Queensland, Australia. http://www.austlit.edu.au >>>,

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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4

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-

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JOHN ROMERIL

Man From Chicago, The

1st Produced:

Melbourne

1969

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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-

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JOHN ROMERIL

Marvellous Melbourne

1st Produced:

Melbourne

1970

Company:

Australian Performing Group

1st Published:

in "Theatre Australia", 2,4: 35-44; 2,5: 29-39, Potts Point, New South Wales, July, 1977

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Notes:

written with Jack Hibberd

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JOHN ROMERIL

Mickey's Moomba

1st Produced:

Melbourne

1979

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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-

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JOHN ROMERIL

Mr Big, The Big, Big Pig

1st Produced:

Melbourne

1969

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

doollee no

#30014

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-

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JOHN ROMERIL

Mrs Thally F

1st Produced:

Melbourne

1971

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

in "Seven One-Act Plays, Currency Press, Sydney, 1983

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#30015

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Genre:

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Parts:

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-

Female

3

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

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JOHN ROMERIL

Mrs Witless' Diary

1st Produced:

- - -

- - -

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Script in the Hanger Collection, Fryer Library, University of Queensland, Australia. http://www.austlit.edu.au >>>,

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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1

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1

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-

Notes:

-

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JOHN ROMERIL

Nameless Concern, A

1st Produced:

Melbourne

1968

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

doollee no

#30016

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-

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-

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Notes:

-

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JOHN ROMERIL

Night in Rio and Other Bummerz

1st Produced:

Melbourne

1973

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#30017

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Parts:

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-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

written with Tim Robertson

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JOHN ROMERIL

Radio-Active Horror Show, The

1st Produced:

Melbourne

1977

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#30018

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-

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-

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-

Notes:

-

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JOHN ROMERIL

Reading Boy, The

1st Produced:

Adelaide, Australia

1991

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#30019

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-

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-

Notes:

-

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JOHN ROMERIL

Rearguard Action

1st Produced:

Melbourne

1971

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Script in the Hanger Collection, Fryer Library, University of Queensland, Australia. http://www.austlit.edu.au >>>,

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

doollee no

#30020

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Parts:

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-

Female

-

Parts other:

13 actors

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

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JOHN ROMERIL

Samizat

1st Produced:

Adelaide, Australia

1981

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#30021

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JOHN ROMERIL

Scene One

1st Produced:

Melbourne

1969

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#30022

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Parts:

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-

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Notes:

written with John Minter

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JOHN ROMERIL

Short Fairy Tale Of Australian Life, A

1st Produced:

- - -

- - -

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Script in the Hanger Collection, Fryer Library, University of Queensland, Australia. http://www.austlit.edu.au >>>,

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#59748

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Parts:

Male

2

Female

-

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-

Notes:

-

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JOHN ROMERIL

Top End

1st Produced:

Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne

30 Sep 1989

Company:

Melbourne Theatre Company

1st Published:

in Damage, Currency Press, Australia (2010) >>>

ISBN/ASIN:

978-0-86819-876-7

Music:

-

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#30023

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-

Top End

Top End, a political drama set in Darwin during the Indonesian invasion of East Timor

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JOHN ROMERIL

Up The Tigers

1st Produced:

- - -

- - -

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Script in the Hanger Collection, Fryer Library, University of Queensland, Australia. http://www.austlit.edu.au >>>,

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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2

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-

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-

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-

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JOHN ROMERIL

Waltzing Matilda: A National Pantomime With Tomato Sauce

1st Produced:

Melbourne

1974

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Yackandandah, Montmorency, Victoria, 1984

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#30024

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n/a

Parts:

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-

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-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

written with Tim Robertson

Synopsis:

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JOHN ROMERIL

Water Earth Air Fire Victoria Show, The

1st Produced:

- - -

1969

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Script in the Hanger Collection, Fryer Library, University of Queensland, Australia. http://www.austlit.edu.au >>>,

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#59750

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Play/Drama

Parts:

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-

Female

-

Parts other:

2 actors

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

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JOHN ROMERIL

Whatever Happened To Realism

1st Produced:

Melbourne

1971

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Script in the Hanger Collection, Fryer Library, University of Queensland, Australia. http://www.austlit.edu.au >>>,

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

doollee no

#30025

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Genre:

Play/Drama

Parts:

Male

6

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

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JOHN ROMERIL

Working Out

1st Produced:

Melbourne

1991

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

doollee no

#30026

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