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Richard Davey

RICHARD DAVEY

  (1938 - 2013)
Nationality:    Australian
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Richard Davey served an apprenticeship in theatre in Sydney and Adelaide, and worked as Artistic Director of the Hole in the Wall Theatre (1969-71) in Perth WA where he also established The Round Earth Company to tour outback areas. Between 1976 and 1980 Richard and his family worked around the world in North America, England, Scotland and Europe before settling in Tasmania in 1980 with a plan to produce a series of plays relating the story of this island community. Other projects - the direction and management of the Zootango Theatre Company 1986-92 among them - have distracted somewhat from that aim, but the Tasmanian story has inspired many of the plays he has written and produced;

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

         Bright and Crimson Flower, A         Broken Dreams         Cry From the Heart         Don't Park Your Swan On the Grass         Guarding the Perimeter         Halleljuah Lady Jane         Hook's Mountain         Mr Dodo and the Boab Tree         Ship That Never Was, The         Tell 'em You're Maoris (Put Your Boots On)

Bright and Crimson Flower, A

Synopsis:
Australian POWs in Japanese camps

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1st Produced:
Himas Lonsdale, Port Melbourne, Vic    27 Aug 1993

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Broken Dreams

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1st Produced:
-    1983

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Cry From the Heart

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-    1986

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Don't Park Your Swan On the Grass

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-    1983

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

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Genre:
Stage play One act

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Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Guarding the Perimeter

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-    1986

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Halleljuah Lady Jane

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-    1984

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Hook's Mountain

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Mr Dodo and the Boab Tree

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Music by Jeff Carroll; lyrics and book by Richard Davey; Colin Nugent

1st Produced:
Playhouse Theatre, Perth, Wa    17 May 1971

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Ship That Never Was, The

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A play concerning the capture of the ship Frederick by convicts from Macquarie Harbour in 1834 and their epic voyage of escape. This is the short version produced by Zootango Theatre Company in 1986 for outdoor performance. (Variable cast, 6-15.) A longer version is also available. A solo and duo version was developed in 1993 for performance in Strahan and on Sarah Island in Macquarie Harbour (Tasmania).

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1st Produced:
-    1984

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Genre:
60 mins One act

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Male:  15            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Tell 'em You're Maoris (Put Your Boots On)

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-    1982

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