Playscripts - Australian

ISBN: 9780868196527
Title: 48 SHADES OF BROWN
Author: DEAN PHILLIP
Format: PAPER COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE


Imprint: CURRENCY
RRP: $19.00

ISBN: 9781925005257
Title: ACTS OF COURAGE : THREE HEADPHONE VERBATIM PLAYS
Author: OADES ROSLYN
Format: PAPER COVER
Publishing status: TEMPORARILY OUT OF STOCK

STORIES OF LOVE AND HATE Made in response to the 2005 Cronulla Riots, Stories of Love and Hate traces the lives and loves of the passionate people who were there.

FAST CARS AND TRACTOR ENGINES Ordinary people tell extraordinary stories about the fight of their lives as cultures collide, punches are dodged and youthful confessions of love are shared ...

IM YOUR MAN Set in a boxing ring Im Your Man explores notions of masculinity, courage and respect.

Imprint: CURRENCY
RRP: $34.99

ISBN: 9780868195186
Title: AFTER DINNER
Author: BOVELL ANDREW
Format: PAPER COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE

In a suburban pub bistro on a Friday night three office workers – Dympie, Paula and Monika – are desperately seeking a good night out. At an adjoining table are Gordon, recently abandoned by his wife, and Stephen, looking for something more than the usual one night stand. As the night proceeds, inhibitions and social restraint disappear, exposing the foibles, pain and humour of the characters' inner lives.

An acutely observed but tender-hearted account of relationships and behaviour.

Imprint: CURRENCY
RRP: $22.99

ISBN: 9780868194318
Title: ALL SOULS
Author: KEENE DANIEL
Format: PAPER COVER
Publishing status: TEMPORARILY OUT OF STOCK

All Souls, or the Day of the Dead, is when the dead return to the world of the living. All Souls evokes a vision of our dreams and nightmares. The writing is poetic, without compromise and a truly remarkable work (2 acts, 2 men, 5 women).

Imprint: CURRENCY
RRP: $22.99

ISBN: 9780868193106
Title: ALL STOPS OUT
Author: GOW MICHAEL
Format: PAPER COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE

Imprint: CURRENCY
RRP: $22.99

ISBN: 9781925005233
Title: ALMOST WITH YOU
Author: COLEMAN ELIZABETH
Format: PAPER COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE

Its 2007. At forty-five, Lisa is fighting growing feelings for Tom that threaten to rob her of Dan, the person shes always loved most in the world. She wants Tom badly, but she cant (or wont) tell him about Dan, and Tom finds himself in a competition that he cant possibly understand. Dan brings Lisa a joy she cant bear to explain, but with her chance for a life with Tom slipping away, she must finally find the courage to let Dan go. Its the most terrifyingand liberatingdecision shes made since a fateful night 25 years ago.

Imprint: CURRENCY
RRP: $22.95

ISBN: 9780868199047
Title: AND NO MORE SHALL WE PART
Author: HOLLOWAY TOM
Format: PAPER COVER
Publishing status: TEMPORARILY OUT OF STOCK

After a long and successful marriage, Pam and Don are still very much in love. But Pam is ill and has to make a heartbreaking decision that will transform both their lives. She does so in the only way she knows how – quickly, pragmatically, and resolutely. Don behaves in the only way he knows how – struggling to keep up but desperate not to lose touch.

And No More Shall We Part follows Pam and Don’s halting, humorous and devastating attempt at the impossible – to begin to say goodbye to each other after a lifetime together.

Imprint: CURRENCY
RRP: $22.99

ISBN: 9780868199467
Title: ANGELAS KITCHEN
Author: CAPSIS PAUL / METRICK JULIAN
Format: PAPER COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE

In 1948, Angela left Malta. Having gathered up five children, she sailed out on the Strathnavar, leaving poverty and the war behind. Her destination: Australia. In Surry Hills, she could build a bright new life. Back in Malta, someone else has made a journey. Making his way along Kalkaras glistening harbourside, a young man with flowing black hair has returned to claim his past. Paul Capsis is walking home.

Imprint: CURRENCY
RRP: $19.95

ISBN: 9780868198293
Title: ASYLUM *
Author: LAZAROO KIT
Format: PAPER COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE

Lally Black is a psychiatrist who struggles to keep the lid on her doubts about her own funds of compassion. Yu Siying is a Chinese woman who has caught HIV in Australia. Afraid of China's judgement, Siying has one last chance to claim asylum, and believes Lally is the key to her appeal. Lally finds herself enticed into an imagined China, unfolding in the gulf between herself and Siying, causing her to acknowledge the threads that run between complacency and brutality.

Imprint: CURRENCY
RRP: $20.00

ISBN: 9780868199269
Title: BABYTEETH
Author: KALNEJAIS RITA
Format: PAPER COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE

A group of more or less ordinary Sydneysiders go about their lives: Anna makes toast, Henry dresses for work, Milla catches the train to school, Moses deals drugs. But hovering above this unholy parade of life is the sobering fact that Milla will die before her 15th birthday. "Babyteeth" looks at the humdrum world around us and sees something radically alive. Dogs, Paganini, figs, an eight-year-old Vietnamese violin prodigy, morphine, clear skies and a Latvian immigrant are amongst the magnificent conflagration of ingredients which make up this wonderful, funny play, written specially for Belvoir.

(2 acts, 3 male, 3 female & 1 child).

Imprint: CURRENCY
RRP: $19.99

ISBN: 9780868192482
Title: BARUNGIN SMELL THE WIND
Author: DAVIS JACK
Format: PAPER COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE


Imprint: CURRENCY
RRP: $20.00

ISBN: 9780868196053
Title: BEAUTIFUL LIFE
Author: FUTCHER M / HOWARD H
Format: PAPER COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE

Brisbane 1992: A boy, Amir, sees his parents on the news, under arrest for protesting at the Iranian Embassy in Canberra against atrocities in their homeland. Amir forces Hamid and Jhila to tell their story, believing that a hostile Australian pubic will understand their 'terrorist' actions which shows the bigger picture of their past. Revitalising memories of his wrongful imprisonment and torture in a Tehran jail, Hamid confronts an oppressive secret which has blighted his beautiful new life in Australia. As his lengthy trial continues, it is clear he has exchanged one nightmare world for another. Yet even in the face of another jail term, Hamid praises the Australian justice system...This play explores the often unforgettable histories of refugees. It is a haunting account of prejudice, injustice and brutality, tempered by a celebration of human kindness and indomitable hope. (2 acts: 6 men, 2 women)

Imprint: CURRENCY
RRP: $22.00