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The Trouble with Harry, the story of Eugenia Falleni, the notorious
'ManWoman' of Sydney in the early 1900's, is a thrilling new play
by award winning Australian playwright Lachlan Philpott Colder/
Silent Disco]. Falleni enjoys a unique place in Sydney's bawdy
history and her story continues to fascinate. An Italian immigrant,
Falleni lived much of her life as a man - Harry Crawford - and
served time in prison for the murder of her own wife. Developed as
part of the PlayWriting Australia National Script Workshop, this
work takes an idiosyncratic look at the Falleni story, questions
versions of this history and looks at contemporary debates and
assumptions surrounding gender.
Tamara and Jasyn are in love. Tamara is fourteen. Jasyn lives with
Aunty and his brother Dane is in prison for dealing. Jasyn wants to
take Tamara to the formal, but he hasn't got the cash. In a world
of absent mothers and missing fathers, Mrs Petchell battles to keep
another year of students out of the ranks of the vanished. It can
be hard to find your own rhythm when everyone is marching to the
beat of a different drum.
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M.Rock (Paperback)
Lachlan Philpott
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R362
Discovery Miles 3 620
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Ships in 18 - 22 working days
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M.Rock is a magical new play, based on a true story, about the
enduring joys of music, dancing and self-discovery. In his
distinctive language, Philpott charts the fortunes of 18-year-old
Tracey and her grandmother Mabel. Tracey has just finished school,
she's bought a round-the-world ticket and is flying away to soak up
experience. By contrast, Mabel is stable. She plays piano for The
Players, knits for the African appeal and looks after Hilda's cat.
When Tracey misses her plane home, Mabel sets off on a quest to
find her granddaughter. But what she finds is her inner DJ.
Three plays by multi-award-winning Australian writer Lachlan
Philpott, including M. Rock, Little Emperors, and The Trouble with
Harry. M. Rock is based on a true story about the enduring joys of
music, dancing and self-discovery, and charts the fortunes of
18-year-old Tracey and her grandmother Mabel. Little Emperors:
'Little Emperor Syndrome' is a term used to describe the
behavioural time-bomb created by China's One Child Policy. Set in
both Melbourne and Beijing, and weaving between Mandarin and
English, Little Emperors deals with a single family as they attempt
to negotiate the troubled waters of their shared history, one that
includes a hidden second child, forced separation, and deep wells
of regret and shame. The Trouble with Harry: Harry Crawford and his
wife Annie seem happy enough. Together they lead quiet,
unexceptional lives in the suburbs of 1920s Sydney, working and
raising a child. But when Josephine arrives at the door, it sets in
train a series of events that will result in an astounding
revelation. A disorienting tale of deception and enigma which poses
an essential, human question: can we ever really know what lies in
the heart and mind of someone else?
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