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Richard Frankland

RICHARD FRANKLAND

  
Nationality:    Australian
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Literary Agent:    Curtis Brown (Australia)Pty Ltd  represented by Tara Wynne

Richard frankland is a filmmaker, musician, poet and activist. He been an artist for over forty years. As a Field Investigator for the Royal Commission into Black Deaths in Custody in the late 1980s, he was left with an urge to change attitudes. He has made a significant mark as a Koori filmmaker, winning awards for his string of documentaries and short films: Harrys War, No Way To Forget and After Mabo. His songs have been recorded by Archie Roach and Tiddas and his latest album is Dingos Brekky. Frankland is the co-founder of Taram Records was formerly General Manager of Ilbijerri.

Research:    http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/251812

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

         Brady Bunch, The         Conversations With the Dead         Harry's War         Magpie         No Way To Forget         Procedure, The         Walking into the Bigness

Brady Bunch, The

Synopsis:
the Brady Bunch is a dynamic, living story following three generations of a rural Koori family as they face funerals, conflict, violence, isolation, exclusion, homelessness, discrimination, terminal illness, alcoholism, drug abuse, home invasions, road vehicle accidents, murder and attempted suicide.

Notes:
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Organisations:
Part of La Mama Theatre's 2012 explorations Season

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
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Conversations With the Dead

Synopsis:
a poetic and savage play that takes you into the aching sorrow of deaths in custody.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Playbox Theatre, Southbank, VIC     Mar 2002

Organisations:
CUB Malthouse

1st Published:
Blak Inside - 6 Indigenous plays from Victoria, Currency Press, Sydney,    

Music:
-

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  1            Other:  1 musician

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/96809

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Harry's War

Synopsis:
tells a story about two mates who go to war in Papua New Guinea during World War II. It tells of a friendship that transcends race and social barriers, war and death. It illustrates how war drives men to the edge and the journey itself becomes more important than the journey's end.

Notes:
double bill Harry's War & No Way to Forget

1st Produced:
Carlton Courthouse, Carlton, VIC     20 Oct 1999

Organisations:
Melbourne Festival 1999

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
one act

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Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/100842

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Magpie

Synopsis:
Magpie swings from being raucous, squarking and cheeky, to a brutal miserable portrait of a country in denial about the racial prejudices upon which it is built and that informs its society.

Notes:
written by Richard Frankland And Melissa Reeves

1st Produced:
Arts House North Melbourne Town Hall , North Melbourne, Vic     13 Nov 2001

Organisations:
Melbourne Workers Theatre

1st Published:
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Music:
-

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Genre:
play with music

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/25652

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No Way To Forget

Synopsis:
No Way to Forget confronts the tragic and controversial issue of Aboriginal Deaths in Custody

Notes:
double bill Harry's War & No Way to Forget

1st Produced:
Carlton Courthouse, Carlton, VIC     20 Oct 1999

Organisations:
Melbourne Festival 1999

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
one act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/100842

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Procedure, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
written by Richard Frankland And Melissa Reeves

1st Produced:
Australia     22 Jun 1905

Organisations:
Marking Masculinity Project

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/106760

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Walking into the Bigness

Walking into the Bigness
A theatrical collection of stories and songs from Richard Frankland's extraordinary life as a child abattoir-worker, a young soldier, a fisherman and a field officer for the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. These are Richard's tales, given universal voice on the stage. Richard Frankland ( Conversations with the Dead) is a Gunditjmara man, an author, and a singer/songwriter. Working on the front line of Indigenous issues for the past twenty-five years, his aim has been to facilitate the voice of Indigenous Australians and bridge the gap between black and white. Walking into the Bigness is an intimate, emotional and humorous work that will take you through the undulating terrain of a life, to step into the unknown.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Merlyn Theatre, Southbank, VIC     01 Aug 2014

Organisations:
Malthouse Theatre

1st Published:

Music:
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Genre:
stories

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/109720

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