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Wendy Harmer

WENDY HARMER  

 Nationality:    Australian
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Literary Agent:    HLA Management Pty Ltd  


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

 Backstage Pass         Breast Wishes         What Is The Matter With Mary Jane?

Backstage Pass

Synopsis:
Rock fans Janis and Razz are waiting anxiously for a glimpse of their idol, Stax Jackson, although Razz's brother is more interested in his skateboard. Stax is really gorgeous, or is he? and who is Brian Cronk? Cannon-the-roadie reveals some very interesting information.

Notes:
This comedy focuses warmly on the generation gap between parents And teenagers, the hype And Artificial glamour surrounding pop stars And the intensity of Adolescent passion for their particular idols.

1st Produced:
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Company:
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1st Published:
Sydney : Currency Press, 1991   0868193119

Music:
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Genre:
55 min One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Breast Wishes

Synopsis:
Breast Wishes is an all Australian musical about love, life, loss and silicon; a witty and heart-warming journey of courage and determination through laughter to triumph.

Notes:
written by Merridy Eastman, Jonathan Gavin, Richard Glover, Wendy Harmer, Sheridan Jobbins, James Millar, Debra Oswald. Lyrics by Bruce brown

1st Produced:
Everest Theatre, Chippendale, NSW    15 Apr 2009

Company:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
musical theatre

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/97905

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What Is The Matter With Mary Jane?

Synopsis:
Based on the personal experience of the actor Sancia Robinson, this play bravely examines the nightmare of anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia, from the perspective of one who has made it through to the sanity of self - acceptance. Brimming with courage, humour and poignancy.

Notes:
written by Wendy Harmer, story by Sancia Robinson

1st Produced:
Sydney Theatre Company    1995

Company:
-

1st Published:
Sydney : Currency Press, 1996   0868194808

Music:
-

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Apart from very popular and world touring productions, many performing arts events are largely forgotten about in a matter of months. Traces may remain in various collections, but few collecting agencies, such as libraries, catalogue each flyer or program individually. Hence, unless one knows that an event took place at a certain time in a certain place, tracking down such an event as part of a research project is often a matter of chance. Where research needs to be carried out on high profile and well-documented productions only, this is not a problem. However, both the historian and the analyst will attest that the cultural, political, or sociological context in which a performing arts event takes place is also of major importance, as are the other events that took place in close proximity, either in place or time. A good overview of such productions provides us with a 'social document' that can greatly enhance cultural studies in ways that extend far beyond the narrow confines of theatre history. For instance, data such as this can be used to monitor the health of communities, particularly when used in association with data obtained from other social science disciplines. When one researches a particular playwright one might want to know about all the productions of plays by that author; if one wants to investigate what choices a particular audience had over a period of history and compare this to, say, an ethnic breakdown of the population, one would need to know broadly all the events that took place during that time. If one wanted to do a statistical analysis on the shift in popularity of a genre over one or more generations, it is important to have knowledge of most of the relevant major and minor performance events that took place. In this context, issues of aesthetic quality and the professionalism of a production - which will of course have an impact on such studies - are not the determining factors when deciding to include or exclude events, since all events are the raw material for such research.