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Saturday night, small town Wales, one pub, one party and three lads stuck with their school reputations - the gimp, the geek and the bully. Their dream - to get the hell out Dead White Males: "Triumphant...The neatly lined up ducks of academic absolutism are ruthlessly, and hilariously, assassinated" - Sydney Morning Herald; "Swain is a wonderful creation" - Guardian The 7 Stages of Grieving: "A subtle and complex invitation to experience something of the depth of Aboriginal grieving" - Melbourne Age. Hotel Sorrento: "Has a moody, evocative, literary sweep and scope to it" - Sydney Morning Herald Two: In 1948, in a German town, Anna comes to Rabbi Chaim Levi for Hebrew lessons. As the two study the language, their stories are gradually revealed, raising fundamental moral questions as they try to reconcile their tormented pasts and accept and renew their lives. The Popular Mechanicals: "One of the most rollickingly entertaining nights in the theatre" (Sydney Morning Herald)
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Ron Elisha's first play,
In Duty Bound (1979), was produced throughout Australia and since then he has had plays staged nationally and internationally. They include
Einstein (1981),
Pax Americana (1984),
The Levine Comedy (1986),
Safe House (1989),
Esterhaz (1990),
Impropriety (1993),
Choice (1994) and
The Goldberg Variations (2000). He also wrote a quartet for the stage entitled
Affairs of the Heartless which won two AWGIE awards, bestowed by the Australian Writers' Guild. His other works include
By My Own Authority, a film script which won the Gold Award for Best Screenplay at the Houston International Film Festival, the television screenplay
Death Duties (SBS), the novels
The Hangman's Table,
Paris and
Paper Cuts, and a one-man show entitled
Pulpit Fiction. His play
Two, which won the AWGIE for Best Stage Play and was produced across Australia, New Zealand, London, the State, Europe and Israel where it was the inaugural production of the Elisha Theatre Company, was published by Methuen Drama in 2001 in
Contemporary Australian Plays.
