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John Blay

JOHN BLAY

  (1944 - )
Nationality:    Australian
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John Blay, writer and naturalist, was born at Parramatta 05 Oct 1944 and has written extensively about the bush and its people in prose, drama and poetry. He has served as a national Arts & Reviews Editor and has published photographs and stories in magazines like Good Weekend. He is currently undertaking a major project in the SE Forests and writing about the region's natural history. He has written more than forty features and dramas for ABC radio as well as screenplays, preferring musical forms and experimental forms. In 2015 he has completed a new book of prose, of which David Malouf says 'On Track is proof that the land still has its mysteries, and that after more than 200 years, the age of explorers is not yet over. John Blay, with a poet's sensibility and a poet's eye for detail, takes us step by step across country as he puts the Bundian Way back on the map.'

Research:    http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/446392

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below is a list of John Blay's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Bedbug Celebration

Bedbug Celebration

Synopsis:
A pop idol, a legendary figure, is brought back to life 50 years after his death by DNA restructuring and finds the new world a far cry from the one he left behind. The play pays tribute to Mayakovsky's 'The Bedbug' and one shadowy character represents the futurist, Mayakovsky, who in his renowned play imagined a life fifty years into the present. This roistering satire takes life another fifty years into a future where the bedbug is a threatened species, along with the dissolute lifestyle of long-ago. Can a legend live up to his own legend?

Notes:
The play was a musical drama with music composed by the legendary Red Symonds (of Skyhooks fame) who also designed the sound.

1st Produced:
Pram Factory, Carlton, VIC    04 Sep 1981

Organisations:
Australian Performing Group

1st Published:
Playscript: John Blay, Bedbug Celebration, Fryer Library, University of Queensland Library, 1987   -

Music:
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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/89824

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