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Jenny Davis

JENNY DAVIS

  
Nationality:    Australian
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Jenny Davis's plays including biography, theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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

         Cis and Barbiche         Dear Heart         Front Room, The         Looking for Obama         Trade It?         Welcome to Dullsville

Cis and Barbiche

Synopsis:
Adapted and re-imagined by Jenny Davis from the WWII letters of Francis Usai and the diaries of the girl he loved, Barbara Rigby. A highly emotional love story of two intelligent young people thrust into a situation dictated by world events. Through a chance finding of an old photograph showing a young lady surrounded by three French airmen, the letters from Francis (Cis) and Barbara's (Barbiche's) diary were discovered by the Yorkshire Air Museum.

Notes:
adapted from Genevieve Monneris, herself the daughter of a French airman in Francis squadron.

1st Produced:

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Dear Heart

Synopsis:
a real-life love story based on WWII letters from a young London bride to her POW husband in Java. Both heartrending and joyous, the play captures the hope and despair of lovers separated by war.

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
agelink Theatre Inc

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Front Room, The

Synopsis:
Mother and daughter, Ina and Alecia are women in waiting...Waiting for the prodigal son to return, the good china is laid out and the front room will be used for the first time in a long while. As Alecia is sucked deeper into the make believe 'Hello Magazine world' where her mother cannot exist, Ina wages war on real life. Watch the drama unfold as Ina battles to keep social services at bay, her daughter from growing up, her front room dust free and her roof from giving way. But will her hidden skeletons be exposed when a male stranger from the past arrives. Dreams are shattered and things will never be the same.

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
Kushite Theatre Company

1st Published:
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Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Looking for Obama

Synopsis:
Four challenging, uncompromising, and provocative voices tell four frank, fresh and original stories about what the election of the 44th President of the United States means to them. Looking for Obama has been co-written by four writers, three of whom are celebrated performance poets writing for the stage for the first time.

Notes:
written by Jenny Davis, Jackie Davis, Emmanuelle Bridi and Miles Chambers

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Carib Theatre

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Trade It?

Synopsis:
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Notes:
part of 10 short plays

1st Produced:
Bristol City Centre    24 Jun 2008

Organisations:
Show of Strength

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
short play

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Welcome to Dullsville

Synopsis:
15 of WA's hottest playwrights have been invited to take an intriguing look at what it's like to live in the most isolated capital city in the world: Perth - the city you love to hate, love to love, or both ...

Notes:
A collaboration of writers in the Perth Theatre Company Writers' Lab.

1st Produced:
Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Northbridge, WA    17 Nov 2005

Organisations:
Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts

1st Published:
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Music:
-

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Genre:
short play

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/67982

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