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Alan Hopgood

ALAN HOPGOOD

  
Nationality:    Australian
email:    n/a     Website:    n/a

Literary Agent:    Golvan Arts Management  

Alan Hopggod is well known as a playwright, screenwriter, documentary writer and as an actor. In 1963, his successful plays, And The Big Men Fly, The Golden Legion of Cleaning Women and Private Yuk Objects were presented by the M.T.C. He has since continued his successful career in film and television winning Awgie awards for The Cheerful Cuckold and The Bush Bunch and writing several feature films, including Alvin Purple and documentaries The Prophecies of Nostradamus and The Fountain of Youth. In the nineties, he had an active collaboration with composer Michael Easton that produced the children's opera Little Redinka for the Victorian State Opera and Petrov - The Musical for the Summer Music Festival in 1992 as well as the musiographies Oh Mr Porter, Rodgers and Hart and Callas - The Woman and more recently with Michael Harrison, The Mario Lanzer Story. Alan's latest screenplay, which is looking for a producer, is a comedy that has been compared to Best in Show.

Research:    https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/1369

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         And Here Comes Bucknuckle         And the Big Men Fly         Carer, The         For Better, For Worde         Franx         Golden Legion Of Cleaning Women, The         Marcus         My Dog Has Stripes         Neighbours : the Playscripts         Never Too Old         Petrov: The Musical         Pill, A, A Pump And A Needle         Private Yuk Objects         Six Degrees Of Diabetes         Terribly Terribly         Weary - the War Diaries of Sir Edward Dunlop         Wicked Widows         Widows Or More Than A Dead Man's Wife
And Here Comes Bucknuckle

Synopsis:
At the race course people are placing bets on the horse Bucknuckle

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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Heinemann Eductional Australia   

Music:
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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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And the Big Men Fly

And the Big Men Fly
The Crows an Australian Rules Football Team. They need a new player. The search turns up Achilles Jones a young farmer who can kick a wheat bag ten yards. Trouble is he does not want to play. His girlfriend is persuaded with gifts to get him to play. After training Achilles has his first match but he just stands around and does nothing. He does not like wearing football boots and he can only kick if he is angry

Notes:
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1st Produced:
https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/25035     11 Jun 1963

Organisations:
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1st Published:
[Melbourne : Heinemann educational Australia, 1969]    

Music:
-

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Genre:
3 act 100 mins Comedy

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/work/1667

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Carer, The

Carer, The
Coming to terms with the death of a loved one

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Belvoir Street Theatre, Surry Hills, NSW     Apr 1995

Organisations:
Belvoir Street Theatre

1st Published:
Currency Press 2004   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/80023

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For Better, For Worde

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Franx

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Victoria, VIC     Jun 1980

Organisations:
Victorian Arts Council

1st Published:
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Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/92780

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Golden Legion Of Cleaning Women, The

Synopsis:
Cleaning women use the rubbish from office wastepaper baskets to supply them with information with which to run the world.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne, VIC     17 Jun 1964

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Richmond : Heinemann educational Australia, 1979   

Music:
-

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Genre:
3 act Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  7            Other:  -

Further Reference:
https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/77924

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Marcus

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Union Theatre, Parkville, VIC     12 Apr 1959

Organisations:
The Marlowe Society

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Cabaret

Parts:
Male:  10            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/106130

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My Dog Has Stripes

Synopsis:
This play looks at the pervasive issue of depression and is the seventh in the series titled HealthPlay. Rehearsed Playreading.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne, VIC     08 Nov 2009

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
reading

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/89821

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Neighbours : the Playscripts

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Based on characters, from the Grundy Television production Neighbours

1st Produced:
-    

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Port Melbourne, Vic : Heinemann education Australia, 1990    

Music:
-

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-

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Never Too Old

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Chapel Off Chapel, Melbourne    

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Petrov: The Musical

Synopsis:
Tells "the story of the Soviet Embassy third secretary who deserts communism".

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Melbourne Concert Hall, Melbourne, VIC     26 Jan 1992

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
musical

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/13382

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Pill, A, A Pump And A Needle

Synopsis:
Women and diabetes

Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
-

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Private Yuk Objects

Synopsis:
Conscription and the Vietnam War were the major public issues of the 1966 federal election and the turmoil is vividly debated

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Mildura, Mildura, VIC     Sep 1966

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in Plays of the 60s Vol 2, Sydney : Currency Press, 1997   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  10            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/106348

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Six Degrees Of Diabetes

Synopsis:
Men and diabetes

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Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Terribly Terribly

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
University of California, Davis, Davis, United States of America     Apr 1967

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
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Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/113432

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Weary - the War Diaries of Sir Edward Dunlop

Synopsis:
Alan Hopgood faced the huge task of putting the War Diaries of 'Weary' Dunlop on stage. He did this by using Weary's own words, three actors and the imagination of the audience to transport them to the Burma Railway. "Let the words of Weary Dunlop transport your audience and readers to those terrible times in our history when the courage and self-belief of men like him took survival to a new level, but above all study and enjoy his rich language which I consider almost Shakespearian."

Notes:
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1st Produced:
38405    

Organisations:
Canberra Theatre Centre Birthday Subscription Season

1st Published:
http://australianplays.org/script/ASC-1635   

Music:
-

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Genre:
The Playhouse, Civic Square, ACT

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/65503

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Wicked Widows

Synopsis:
Three widows of different ages and experience meet for lunch. A wicked comment on widowhood

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Alexander Theatre, Clayton, VIC     21 Oct 2008

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/77720

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Widows Or More Than A Dead Man's Wife

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Chapel Off Chapel Melbourne    

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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