DARREN BREALEY   (1969 - )


Darren Brealey
   Nationality:
Australian
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Plays by Darren Brealey

DARREN BREALEY
As The Page Turns
1st Produced:
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Company:
Cosmic Players
1st Published:
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ISBN
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
2
Female
2
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
Uba and Meka flea their town on Azag, overrun with enemy soldiers and tanks. Uba is separated from his wife, Meka finding an abandoned hamlet in the mountains. Whilst seeking Meka, Teo from Naza-Gan arrives. Teo is making his way to Azag to witness the downfall of Naza-Gan. With Teo is Uba's mother, Sofia. Sofia abandoned Azag many years earlier when she became a window and remained a single, against the cultural laws of Azag. Sofia explains her friendship with Teo recalling his teachings of love and life in Naza-Gan. Uba accuses Sofia of being a traitor. Meka is alive and tells Uba their children were killed by enemy's tanks. Teo claims the spilt blood of Meka's people is the fault of their own. Teo retrieves a knife, as he attacks Uba, Meka throws herself in front of Uba, receiving the knife. Uba attacks Teo, but Sofia intervenes, explaining this is the way it is meant to be. Sofia soothes Uba's anger. She takes Uba's knife from his pocket, as she tells Uba the wrongs of his government's ways. Sofia stabs Uba, and as he lay dying she reassures Uba she has killed him out of love.
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DARREN BREALEY
Aunt Ethel's Death Notice
1st Produced:
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Company:
Cosmic Players
1st Published:
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ISBN
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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Genre:
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Comedy
Parts:
Male
2
Female
2
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
A death notice appears in the newspaper advising the passing of Mrs Ethel Lane, 82 years old who leaves behind a loving and caring family. Three of her distant relatives, having read the death notice attend her home and ultimately to her belongings as her funeral service takes place at St. Peters Church, where she lay in state. Once they realise who each other are, they feel at home until their grievances decree their right of ownership to Ethel's personal belongings. As their relationships, integrity and wits disintegrate, their understanding of Ethel's passing seems somewhat contrived when Ethel returns home with an employee of the local Nursing Home where she has finalised arrangements for her stay. The grieving relatives come to realise they have misunderstood the death notice for another Mrs Ethel Lane, 82 years old, who has left behind some other loving and caring family.
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DARREN BREALEY
Champagne Ladies
1st Produced:
Melbourne, Australia
1998
Company:
1st Published:
Athena Press, 2006
ISBN
-
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Genre:
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Comedy
Parts:
Male
1
Female
2
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
These two darlings are the epitome of all that is offensive with the society set. Preened, primped, cut and set, the pair meets at one of the 'in' places to see and be seen. Keeping an eye out for their well-heeled colleagues and guzzling down champagne, we are privileged to an insight of our high society pages and ladies of the high-class set. The correct social functions, birthdays, opening nights at the Opera and the Ballet can prove to be hell. One must make sure the correct attire is worn in hats, gloves, shoes, jewellery and shawls to mix and match.
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DARREN BREALEY
Chicks, The
1st Produced:
Melbourne, Australia
1999
Company:
1st Published:
Athena Press, 2006
ISBN
-
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Genre:
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Comedy
Parts:
Male
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Female
3
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
This is a seriously scary look at filthy, outer suburb, cigarette-smoking scrags Jenny, Amanda and Sheryl. If you thought boys were crude and disgusting when they mob together, these three dirty skanks will have you dry wrenching into your stubbie-holder from the word go. Jenny, Amanda and Sheryl could have been the school captain, vice president of the local council or even a shopkeeper. However, their antics with their boyfriends, Peanut, Booga and Pigface somehow distract them from their futures as anything but middle class. Meeting at the local cinema for their weekly ritual of movie going, the three young girls come together to fester their outwardly disgusting habits, language and home secrets.
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DARREN BREALEY
Comfort Zone
1st Produced:
Melbourne, Australia
2006
Company:
1st Published:
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ISBN
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To Buy This Play:
I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Genre:
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Comedy
Parts:
Male
3
Female
2
Parts Other:
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Notes:
written by Darren Brealey and Stuart Pursell
Synopsis:
The Arts Minister's coming and the media's on their way, but still there's not enough balloons for the launch of next year's theatre season! In the upstairs office of a small inner city theatre an ugly battle for ultimate power is in full swing. The Artistic Director, the Yes-man, the writer and God forbid, even the cleaning lady are slamming doors and opening windows in this fast paced, action-packed tour de farce that takes a knife to this incestuous theatre industry. Comfort Zone tells the story of a woman with more power than she deserves, whose lost touch with the reality of the industry she claims to have single-handedly created. Deirdre James is a protagonist clinging to the last bastion of power (let alone integrity) and in between programming her friend's work and shagging the Art's Minister's PA, she flaunts herself with an air of superiority wrapped round a Greenroom Award. This is a woman who can make or break the drug and alcohol addictions of many aspiring playwrights.
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DARREN BREALEY
Country Relations
1st Produced:
Trades Hall in the Annexe Room, Melbourne
1999
Company:
Cosmic Players
1st Published:
-
ISBN
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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:
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Comedy
Parts:
Male
1
Female
1
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
Country Relations brings back those not-so-fond memories of family reunions. In a typical country abode, the nagging and overbearing host Mollie Watts makes small-minded observations in nasal country twang. Whilst her browbeaten husband Archibald is generally content to agree apathetically. Archibald and Mollie Watts are not your typical quiet country folk. As Dot the cow launches into labour, Archibald and Mollie attempt to continue with their family event assisted by the ladies from the Country Women's Association. Archibald is more interested in showing his stamp collection, and Mollie would like to show the family her slides from the Begonia Festival. As the opening speeches continue, family secrets are revealed.
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DARREN BREALEY
Couple Of S.N.A.G.s, A
1st Produced:
Melbourne, Australia
1999
Company:
1st Published:
Athena Press, 2006
ISBN
-
To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
-
Comedy
Parts:
Male
3
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
The Arts Minister's coming and the media's on their way, but still there's not enough balloons for the launch of next year's theatre season! In the upstairs office of a small inner city theatre an ugly battle for ultimate power is in full swing. The Artistic Director, the Yes-man, the writer and God forbid, even the cleaning lady are slamming doors and opening windows in this fast paced, action-packed tour de farce that takes a knife to this incestuous theatre industry.Comfort Zone tells the story of a woman with more power than she deserves, whose lost touch with the reality of the industry she claims to have single-handedly created. Deirdre James is a protagonist clinging to the last bastion of power (let alone integrity) and in between programming her friend's work and shagging the Art's Minister's PA, she flaunts herself with an air of superiority wrapped round a Greenroom Award. This is a woman who can make or break the drug and alcohol addictions of many aspiring playwrights.
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DARREN BREALEY
Disturbing Mavis
1st Produced:
Melbourne, Australia
1998
Company:
1st Published:
Athena Press, 2006
ISBN
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Genre:
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Comedy
Parts:
Male
3
Female
2
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
Set in a nursing home, this is a practical look at the subject of growing old and the not-so-attractive consequences. Mavis is a lonely soul who finds solidarity in comforting her husband, Alfred. She fills the boredom of her days by reading and engaging in one-sided arguments with an inert Alfred. When the Ambulance Officers arrive to take Alfred away, we discover the reason for Alfred's inertia and witness Mavis's frustration and helplessness.
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DARREN BREALEY
Doped Up Deal
1st Produced:
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Company:
Cosmic Players
1st Published:
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ISBN
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To Buy This Play:
I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
2
Female
1
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
When money is short and request for payment of bills is relentless, these two unfortunate souls meet a man with an endless supply of money. Their immediate worries are over after the first deposit of cash arrives, but when their savour continues in his giving ways, the deal of a lifetime becomes more trouble than it's worth. Living in suburbia isn't what it all cracked up to be and the law of safety in numbers only applies when your neighbours answer the cry for help. Keeping the debt collectors can prove to be hell, but this debt collector won't leave without a deposit in cash or blood.
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DARREN BREALEY
Evangeline
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Company:
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1st Published:
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ISBN
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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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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:
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Synopsis:
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DARREN BREALEY
Fergus' Envy
1st Produced:
Melbourne, Australia
2004
Company:
1st Published:
Athena Press, 2006
ISBN
-
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Genre:
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Comedy
Parts:
Male
1
Female
3
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
In the days when older women took on the role of turning a young girl into a lady, these lunatic women find any excuse for a party. Titiana can't find an unlocked door as she attempts her escape when she wakes up. Falling asleep from Narcolepsy, not remembering where she is or why she is there is something she has difficult with. Day three of Lord Florien Thrust's house party, thrown in honour of Fergus, his valium medicated dog, Gertrude attempts to save Titiana from herself, and lure Florien into donating a large sum of money to her 'cause'. Lucinda attempts to lure Florien into the same fate, yet he dismisses their attempts. Florien falls smitten for Titiana when she says she likes Fergus. Yet, there is a mystery to be unravelled, before Titana falls victim to her Narcolepsy.
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DARREN BREALEY
Hainsworth Holiday, A
1st Produced:
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Company:
Cosmic Players
1st Published:
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ISBN
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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:
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Farce
Parts:
Male
2
Female
1
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
The Housekeeper prepares for the Hainsworth family arrival. Alfred and two of his children are met by Robert, Elizabeth's boyfriend, at the train station. Alfred, tennis pro turned coach has been invited to a conference on Carbon emissions as their motivational speaker. Alfred and his wife Julia are two free spirits. Alfred enjoys his tennis (students) and Julia enjoys her art (students). George, Elizabeth's ex-boyfriend is keen to win Elizabeth back. Candice, the baby of the family sees how George pines for her eldest sister and devises a plan to overthrow Robert's stronghold. Secretly, Alfred's tennis student Mimi arrives to partake in extracurricular tennis games. Aunt Isobel announces her intentions of how to pass on the Hainsworth Estate. Meanwhile, Mimi and Robert seem to be building their own relationship, as is Marcie and Robert, and as is George and Mimi. All secrets unravel when Isobel finds Elizabeth wearing her diamond necklace. She discovers Robert has a habit of stealing jewellery and passing it on as gifts to his girlfriends. Candice's plan to discredit Robert as a worthy advocate as Elizabeth's husband comes to fruition, allowing George to take up the gauntlet to win Elizabeth's heart.
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DARREN BREALEY
Happy Birthday, Christmas Bernii
1st Produced:
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Company:
Cosmic Players
1st Published:
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ISBN
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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:
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Comedy
Parts:
Male
1
Female
2
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
Bernadette was born on December 25th and this year is celebrating her 13th birthday. Like each and every year she suffers the injustice of celebrating her birthday on Christmas day at the family Christmas gathering. Tradition has moulded her dreary celebration into cutting of the cake on the patio and then delving into the Christmas celebrations with her extended family; Aunts, Uncles and cousins. At today's party her mother has asked her to collect her Aunt and Uncle from inside the house to cut the cake on the patio. Bernadette learns too much about her impotent, over-achieving Uncle and overbearing, champagne intolerant Aunt. For Bernadette, this year seems to show a little promise of some enjoyment.
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DARREN BREALEY
Mechanics, The
1st Produced:
Melbourne, Australia
1999
Company:
1st Published:
Athena Press, 2006
ISBN
-
To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
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Comedy
Parts:
Male
2
Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
Meet old school, all knowing tradesman, Norbet who works hard at keeping ahead of the next crisis in the car repair workshop. He generously takes new kid, Colin under his wing, tutoring him in the sacred arts of mechanic ethics, love and relationships. Norbet knows a lot of things. He knows. In fact, sometimes, he will tell you too many times what he knows. Norbet attempts to educate Colin about the games men and woman play (or at least the games men think women want them to play.) Colin proves he isn't as stupid as appearances initially indicate.
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DARREN BREALEY
Meeting Place, The
1st Produced:
The East Melbourne Hotel (E.M.H.), Melbourne, Australia
1996
Company:
1st Published:
Athena Press, 2006
http://www.lulu.com/content/2511573
ISBN
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To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
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Comedy
Parts:
Male
3
Female
2
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
Who do you find living in a tree lined suburban street? A suburban family of five, as Craig and Sheryl apathetically deal with the death of their love. Their three children, David, Michelle and Rick relentlessly struggle with denial, contempt and rebellion. The sibling rivalry abounds with our protagonist David, openly discussing his sexuality within the realms of his family home. Whilst his father is never home to behold a view on leadership and with his mother abstaining from the truth, David struggles to hold his own place in the world. His circle of friends comfort him, however his longing for acceptance from his family remains poignant
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DARREN BREALEY
Penniless Penny
1st Produced:
Dante's, Gertrude Street, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
2008
Company:
Walking Into Bars
1st Published:
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ISBN
-
To Buy This Play:
I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Genre:
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Comedy
Parts:
Male
3
Female
3
Parts Other:
2 (characters can be played by either sex)
Notes:
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Synopsis:
During the mid 1800's, Lady Tornsock threw a party for her son and heir to the Primrose fortune, in hope of finding him a wife. The local township attended as guests of Lady Primrose, unbeknownst to Lady Primrose, Master Lauderdale has sent BIGGS, his trustworthy messenger boy to seek out his true love Penny Phonetic. Meanwhile Murgatroyd Miller devises a plan to disgrace Penny and place his daughter, Sally in her place to marry into the family. SMALLS, Master Lauderdale's trusted manservant foils Murgatroyd Miller's plans.
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DARREN BREALEY
Separating The Dust
1st Produced:
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Company:
Cosmic Players
1st Published:
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ISBN
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To Buy This Play:
I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
2
Female
1
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
The mourners have left, their kind thoughts exchanged, the sandwiches and tea have been served. After the funeral service for Mrs Virginia Cromwell, her sons Michael and Chad discuss their mother's Final Will and Testament. It's no secret to the boys their late mother's Final Will and Testament has been divided equally. Chad makes his announcement to contest the Will for his lions share; Michael defends his ground. Chad's wife, Raelene makes her true feelings known about Michael to both of them, which only aggravates the underflow of smoldering years of unspoken hatred between the three of them. The little church on the hill where the funeral service for Mrs Virginia Cromwell was held prepares for another funeral service to be held at five.
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DARREN BREALEY
Shattered Reflection
1st Produced:
The Guild Theatre, University of Melbourne
2008
Company:
Cosmic Players
1st Published:
-
ISBN
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To Buy This Play:
I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
3
Female
2
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
Christine a corporate psychopath comes home already full of alcohol on Friday night, desperate for a hit or two of her drug of choice to celebrate her fortieth birthday. Amy is at home preparing for a night out on the town with her boyfriend, Tyrone. Amy refuses sexual favours and Christine's self-imposed birthday party weekend celebration. Bored, she unsuccessfully telephones her fair-weather friends; none of them answer. She eventually ditches the food idea and calls Toy Boys Escort Agency for a few hours with a Prostitute (Oscar). Shane arrives with Christine's delivery of a dozen bottles of red wine. Confusing him for Oscar, she attempts to seduce him with her sexual favours and wads of cash. Oscar arrives to make a quick buck and service his client well, only to find out Christine has another agenda; keeping him for the night by enticing him with wads of cash. Oscar encourages Christine to enjoy the job he was sent to do; when Oscar touches Christine, she violently lashes out at him. He realises his client is weird, yet loaded with cash and with some intelligent manoeuvres he hopes to fill his pockets.
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DARREN BREALEY
Stair, The
1st Produced:
Melbourne, Australia
1998
Company:
1st Published:
-
ISBN
-
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:
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Comedy
Parts:
Male
2
Female
-
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
The age old story of office politics, red tape and justification of jobs held by employees in power. Mr Green is the company boss. He meets Carson in the stairwell. It's lunchtime, Mr Green is incredibly busy and the lift is broken. Through the two protagonist's conversation, we learn that the task of getting the lift repaired is anything but a simple one. Finding a simple solution via meetings, faxes, memos, voice mail and the trappings of bureaucracy couldn't be easier. Could it? The lift is stuck and we meet in the stairwell.
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