TERENCE CLARKE
| Nationality: | Australian |
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Plays by Terence Clarke
Catspaw |
| 1st Produced: | National Theatre Company, Perth; New Fortune Theatre | 1974 | ||
| Company: | Festival of Perth | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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: | 2 Acts | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 5 |
| Parts Other: | four musicians | |||
Notes: music; book and lyrics, Dorothy Hewett; music by Terence Clarke | ||||
Synopsis: Open stage 1970s musical about drugs, dropouts, conservation and Australian history. | ||||
Flash Jim (Vaux) |
| 1st Produced: | Nimrod Theatre | 1972 | ||
| Company: | Nimrod Theatre Company | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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: | Ballad Opera, 2 Acts | Opera | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | pianist | |||
Notes: book and lyrics, Ron Blair; music by Terence Clarke | ||||
Synopsis: A ballad opera about a convict who was transported three times to NSW. A boisterous and touching portrait of a Regency dandy turned lag. The play is in the form of a ballad opera, tracing, (rather loosely) the life of James Hardy Vaux during the period 1807 to the 1840s. James was a quick-witted, notorious pick pocket and swindler who led a remakable full life while travelling back and forth across the globe (all expenses paid). His life crossed paths with many rich and varied characters, some of whom influenced his life, some of whose life he influenced. Either way these are the people who made our country's history. Share their celebration and take heed of their message: Breath deep friends - while you can! | ||||
Gone with Hardy |
| 1st Produced: | Nimrod Theatre | 1978 | ||
| Company: | Nimrod Theatre Company | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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: | vaudevillian biography | - | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | pianist | |||
Notes: book and lyrics by David Allen; music by Terence Clark | ||||
Synopsis: The story of Stan Laurel before he became the partner of Oliver Hardy, telling of his stormy relationship with an Australian dancer called Kate. This much produced worldwide play features Jock. | ||||
Henry and Peter and Henry and Me |
| 1st Produced: | Prince of Wales Theatre, Hobart | 1985 | ||
| Company: | Island Theatre Company | |||
| 1st Published: | Currency Press, Sydney | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | play with music, 2 Acts | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: music by Terence Clarke play by George Hutchinson | ||||
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Jarrabin |
| 1st Produced: | National Institute of Dramatic Art; Parade Theatre | 2002 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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 with Music | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 6 |
| Parts Other: | pianist | |||
Notes: book and lyrics, Dorothy Hewett, adapted by John Clark from her trilogy, The Wire Fences of Jarrabin; music by Terence Clarke | ||||
Synopsis: - | ||||
Lysistrata |
| 1st Produced: | Parade Theatre | 1973 | ||
| Company: | Old Tote Theatre Company | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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 with Music | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: book (based on Lysistrata by Aristophanes) and lyrics by John Croyston; music by Terence Clarke | ||||
Synopsis: - | ||||
Summer Rain |
| 1st Produced: | Sydney Opera House Drama Theatre | 1989 | ||
| Company: | Sydney Theatre Company | |||
| 1st Published: | Currency Press, Sydney | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 7 |
| Parts Other: | six musicians | |||
Notes: a musical by Nick Enright and Terence Clarke. Commissioned by, and first produced by, NIDA in 1983 in the Parade Theatre, Sydney | ||||
Synopsis: 1946: outback New South Wales. The remnants of a touring tent show retire to lick their wounds in Turnaround Creek; the proprietor of the only pub in town emerges: 'We got no rooms.' The troupe is about to leave when the clouds open, ending a long drought, flooding the creek, and closing the bridge. Town and Troupe are stuck with each other. The Troupe has no money, so they suggest putting on a show in the School of Arts. The past is faced, reconciliation follows. | ||||
Variations |
| 1st Produced: | Nimrod Theatre | 1982 | ||
| Company: | Nimrod Theatre Company | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 5 |
| Parts Other: | including a teenage couple (boy must be accomplished banjo player), and a Senior couple (violinist and cellist, but can be faked). Six musicians | |||
Notes: written by Nick Enright and Terence Clarke. Best Drama, NSW Premiers Literary Awards, 1983 | ||||
Synopsis: The search for love and fulfilment. Sydney, 1982. Three generations of Australian women: the oldest, a cellist, finds a violinist to accompany her in duets; the middle one, Meg, is a successful shopfront lawyer and single parent of a 17-year-old girl; each has a suitor. Meg's sister-in-law unexpectedly lands on her doorstep, a fugitive from an unceomprehending husband and a routine and apparently happy marriage. | ||||
Venetian Twins |
| 1st Produced: | Sydney Opera House Drama Theatre | 1979 | ||
| Company: | Nimrod Theatre Company for the Sydney Theatre Company | |||
| 1st Published: | Currency Press, Sydney | 1996 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | Musical Comedy | Musical | Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | Five musicians | |||
Notes: a musical comedy by Nick Enright and Terence Clarke | ||||
Synopsis: This musical romp is based on Carlo Goldoni's celebrated comedy of mistaken identity: twin brothers let loose on one mad day in Eighteenth Century Verona. The double central role is a gift to a bright young comedian. One of the female roles requires a good coloratura soprano. | ||||