ROB GEORGE   (1950 - )


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Plays by Rob George

ROB GEORGE
Errol Flynn’s Great Big Adventure Book For Boys
1st Produced:
Stage Company Theatre, Adelaide
1978
Company:
-
1st Published:
Script in the Hanger Collection, Fryer Library, University of Queensland, Australia. http://www.austlit.edu.au >>>,
ISBN/ASIN
-
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Genre:
-
Musical
Parts:
Male
4
Female
3
Parts Other:
1 musician, much doubling
Notes:
Later productions by Melbourne Theatre Co and others. Winner Best Play Award Edinburgh Fringe 1979.
Synopsis:
The story of the Australian born Hollywood great. From childhood in Hobart, to being a white slave trader to film stardom
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ROB GEORGE
Full Bored
1st Produced:
Booborowie Town Hall
1975
Company:
Circle Theatre Company
1st Published:
Script in the Hanger Collection, Fryer Library, University of Queensland, Australia. http://www.austlit.edu.au >>>,
ISBN/ASIN
-
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Genre:
Play
One Act
Parts:
Male
2
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
Life can get tense when you're trying to make your own life but you get stuck with a landlady who provides meals seriously lacking in variety.
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ROB GEORGE
Grabbing It
1st Produced:
Theatre in Education team
1979
Company:
-
1st Published:
Script in the Hanger Collection, Fryer Library, University of Queensland, Australia. http://www.austlit.edu.au >>>,
ISBN/ASIN
-
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Genre:
2 acts
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
5
Female
6
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
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ROB GEORGE
Humble Doctor, The
1st Produced:
1986
Company:
The Stage Company
1st Published:
-
ISBN/ASIN
-
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
5
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
It's 1939 and in the wine growing region of the Barossa Valley in South Australia the local German-born Doctor and head of the Australian branch of the Nazi Party has ambitious plans. His wife is disturbed by his activities and tries to intercede but when war breaks out they are both arrested.
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ROB GEORGE
Les
1st Produced:
Little Theatre Adelaide University
1974
Company:
Circle Theatre Company
1st Published:
Script in the Hanger Collection, Fryer Library, University of Queensland, Australia. http://www.austlit.edu.au >>>,
ISBN/ASIN
-
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Genre:
2 acts
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
3
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
Les arrives at the caravan park with wife and kids in tow and meets upper class Jane. She's a social worker helping old couple, Tom and Emma by providing them with women's magazines for entertainment. When Les does a survey in one of the magazines he discovers he's a lesbian and he and Jane move into the caravan with Tom and Emma.
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ROB GEORGE
Let’s Twist Again
1st Produced:
1978
Company:
The Stage Company
1st Published:
Script in the Hanger Collection, Fryer Library, University of Queensland, Australia. http://www.austlit.edu.au >>>, 1975
ISBN/ASIN
-
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Genre:
2 acts
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
3
Female
4
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
A group of 30 somethings return to the old hall where they used to dance but find that things have changed over the years and their memories of past events differ.
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ROB GEORGE
Lofty
1st Produced:
Circle Theatre Company
1972
Company:
-
1st Published:
Script in the Hanger Collection, Fryer Library, University of Queensland, Australia. http://www.austlit.edu.au >>>,
ISBN/ASIN
-
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Genre:
2 acts
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
8
Female
3
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
Country rock musical about a tall singer and a band called the Lofty Rangers.
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ROB GEORGE
Lovers and Haters : The Turbulent Times of Don Dunstan
1st Produced:
Norwood Concert Hall
2008
Company:
Prospect Productions & Adelaide Bank Festival of Arts
1st Published:
-
ISBN/ASIN
-
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:
-
-
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
written by George, Rob and Sherlock, Maureen
Synopsis:
-
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ROB GEORGE
Percy And Rose
1st Produced:
1982
Company:
The Stage Company
1st Published:
Script in the Hanger Collection, Fryer Library, University of Queensland, Australia. http://www.austlit.edu.au >>>,
ISBN/ASIN
-
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Genre:
2 acts
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
2
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
Later productions by Melbourne Theatre Company, Royal Queensland Theatre Company and others.
Synopsis:
Pianist and composer Percy Grainger, had a very close relationship with his mother, Rose. There were rumours of incest. Percy was one of the world's great eccentrics - he experimented with bizarre music, weird clothes and sado masochism and he also tried to change the English language. The play focuses on Percy's relationship with his mother and it's disastrous impact on the other loves of Percy's life. The feature film "Passion" starring Richard Roxburgh and Barbara Hershey is loosely adapted from the play.
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ROB GEORGE
Prompt
1st Produced:
Clare One Act Drama Festival
1973
Company:
-
1st Published:
-
ISBN/ASIN
-
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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Genre:
Play
One Act
Parts:
Male
1
Female
1
Parts Other:
1m/f
Notes:
Winner: Best Play Award
Synopsis:
When the actors in a play about married life forget their lines the prompt throws in random sentences from the newspaper they're reading and chaos ensues.
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ROB GEORGE
Pumpkin
1st Produced:
Playreading organised by Adelaide Theatre Group
-
Company:
-
1st Published:
Script in the Hanger Collection, Fryer Library, University of Queensland, Australia. http://www.austlit.edu.au >>>,
ISBN/ASIN
-
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Genre:
Stage play
One Act
Parts:
Male
5
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
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ROB GEORGE
Sandy Lee Live at Nui Dat
1st Produced:
1981
Company:
The Stage Company
1st Published:
Woollahra, N.S.W : Currency Press, 1983.
ISBN/ASIN
0868190721
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Genre:
2 acts
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
3
Female
3
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
A young conscript in Vietnam finds his dreams realised when singing star Sandy Lee performs for the troops. But when he returns to Australia he discovers his best mate has betrayed him and he's inadvertently drawn into a seedy world from which Sandy offers no salvation.
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ROB GEORGE
Stairway To The Stars
1st Produced:
1976
Company:
Circle Theatre Company
1st Published:
-
ISBN/ASIN
-
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
2
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
Barry's 21 and works the remote roadhouse with his Mum. When a TV cameraman stops by Barry sees the chance to live out his fantasies.
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ROB GEORGE
Switch On, Turn Off
1st Produced:
-
-
Company:
-
1st Published:
in One Act Plays Series 5, Port Melbourne, Vic : Heinemann Educational Australia, 1990
ISBN/ASIN
085-8595435
To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
young adult
One Act
Parts:
Male
2
Female
5
Parts Other:
2 players
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
-
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ROB GEORGE
White Board, The
1st Produced:
The Bakehouse
2000
Company:
-
1st Published:
-
ISBN/ASIN
-
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
One Act
Parts:
Male
1
Female
0
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
TV drama series story editor, Steve, has to battle recalcitrant assistants, network bosses, dying actors and annoying external dramas as he struggles to come up with a plot that will keep everyone happy. It's a hard life!
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