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GILLIAN M WADDS (1933 - ) |
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Nationality: Australian Email: Click here to contact Website: Click here to visit |
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Literary Agent: n/a |
First play: 'Who Cares?' (Currency Press, Aust. 1988; Dramatic Publishing, USA, 1992; Cambridge University Press, UK, 1993). Also writer of two Junior Novels: 'Chemical Leak!' (Lothian, 2006) 'Sea Secrets' (Hachette, 2007). Musical Play: 'Silly Old Buggers' - www.sillyoldbuggers.com.au - played in Melbourne International Comedy Festival & Chapel Off Chapel, 2009. Website www.gillianmwadds.com.au has full biography.
Plays by Gillian M Wadds
Absolutely Silly Old Buggers | ||
| 1st Produced: | Swiss Club, MICF, Melbourne. Vic. Australia | 14 Apr 2009 | ||||
Company: | Treechange Productions | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #111872 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | A musical celebration of growing older. | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 singers (baritone - light baritone) | Female | 2 singers (mezzo soprano, light contralto) | ||
Parts other: | Pianist (or small combo) | |||||
Notes: | The original play in the Melbourne International Comedy Festival (MICF) runs for approximately one hour and is in one act. It was shortened for an available time-slot in the festival. However, it is also available in the two-act version and is entitled simply: "Silly Old Buggers". All music used is in the public domain (no royalties payable) - G&S, light classical, nursery rhymes, traditional tunes. All suit singers of 'medium' range. Sheet music available. | |||||
Synopsis: | Life is for living! That's what this bunch of baby-boomers reckon and that's what they're going to keep on doing until they drop. Sure, they have to deal with stuff: doctors, pensions, wrinkles, pills - you name it - but that's what music and laughter are for, right? Chloris was an opera singer, Paul a truck driver, Martin was a merchant banker and Helen a school principal. Put them together as they arrive at 'a certain age' and you have four silly old buggers determined to have fun. Lots of songs with new lyrics: "If I haven't got a brain, pull the plug"; "I'd much rather dye than be grey"; "Fight for your rights, don't let the bastards win!" No grumpy old people here, just songs and celebration. Website: www.sillyoldbuggers.com.au | |||||
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Who Cares? | ||
| 1st Produced: | Cremorne Theatre, Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Brisbane, Qld. Aust. | 10 Jul 1986 | ||||
Company: | Queensland Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | Currency Press, Sydney, 1988 | ISBN/ASIN: | 086-819-189-2 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #35742 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | 70 min comedy drama One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | One male part is small role of 'a policeman'. | |||||
Synopsis: | Who cares if you are sixteen, at school, work a part-time job - and can't read or write? Brian is smart. He can give as good as he gets when things are tough. He finds someone who cares, but then the trouble begins. How can he take control of his own life? | |||||
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