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BILLIE BROWN (1952 - 2013)
Nationality: Australianemail: n/a Website: n/a
Literary Agent: Shanahan Management Pty Ltd
William Gerard "Bille" Brown AM (11 January 1952 13 January 2013) was an Australian stage, film and television actor and acclaimed playwright., Bille Brown's professional life in the performing Arts began with Queensland Theatre Company in 1970 ago and he has performed for the Company in more than 27 shows including Bill and Mary (which he wrote). Bille has performed for most major Australian Theatre companies and in the United States and the United Kingdom where he performed in the West End, with the Chichester Festival Theatre, English National Opera, Dublin Theatre Festival and Royal Shakespeare Company. Bille's film credits include At Worlds End, Dying Breed, Unfinished Sky, Dirty Deeds, Black and White, the Man Who Sued God, the Beach, Walk the Talk, Serenades, the Dish, Passion, Oscar and Lucinda and Fierce Creatures. His television credits include Three Acts of Murder, Heartbeat, the Hollowmen, Blackjack, White Collar Blue, Indiana Jones Chronicles, Bad Cop Bad Cop, the Farm, All Saints, A Difficult Woman, Big Sky, Medivac and the Kennedys. Bille has directed John Cleese in his solo show John Cleese: His Lifetimes and Medical Problems, Don Giovanni, Samson and Delilah, Noyes Flood, and various Shakespeare and Moliere productions. Bille's writing credits include the plays Springle, tuff&, the Swan Down Cloves (which he wrote for the Royal Shakespeare Company), Bill & Mary, the School of Arts and Aladdin for the Old Vic. Bille has received an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from University of Queensland, and is the namesake of Queensland Theatre Company's home venue, Bille Brown Studio. Bille died of cancer in January 2013.
Research: http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/457985
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Aladdin Bill And Mary School of Arts, The Springle Swan Down Cloves, The Tuff UnrealAladdin
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the play is set in Mary Gilmor'e (later Dame) apartment in Kings Cross, Sydney, at the time her portrait was being painted by William Dobell (later Sir). the play is about the exchanges, discussions, arguments between the two, revealing much about them, as well as Australian politics, culture and art.
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Phoenix Education 978-1-876580-62-9
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Naturalistic Drama 90 min
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Top of PageSchool of Arts, The
1967 was before most people had television, before the internet and the web, when communities often provided their own entertainment. It was the also the year of the constitutional referendum which recognised Aboriginal people as part of the Australian population. In a story based on the visit to a small country town by a company of actors to perform Shakespeare in the School of Arts hall, many aspects of life in Australia at the time are brought to life in a dramatic way. there is suspense, humour, mystery, intertwined with Shakespeare and the events of the day, making it a play within a play. As well as superb drama, the School of Arts offers insights into a different and significant time in Australia - insights which are as relevant and significant to life in Australia today. the large cast provides plenty of opportunities for student involvement and for performance.
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Phoenix education 978-1921085192
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Drama, Australian history, indigenous themes 100 min
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Top of PageSpringle
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Top of PageSwan Down Cloves, The
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Top of PageTuff
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Emmett Rosebury, a boy who has lost the use of his legs, spends a lot of time at the beach. He finds a shell on the beach which gives him ideas. His solitude is interrupted by the arrival of Springle and Blackburn. It is a school day and everyone at the school has to receive the needle but unbeknown to Springle and Blackburn, Rosebury has already had his needle and school has been cancelled for the day. Springle and Blackburn had already decided to skip school, and the needle, and spend the day at the beach. they meet Rosebury at the beach and from there the relationship between them develops into one where Springle and Blackburn overcome their prejudice and come to accept Rosebury and understand that he is not really that different. . .
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Drama 60 min
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Top of PageUnreal
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Stage play. Prologue and seven scenes One act
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Male: 5 Female: 2 Other: -
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Script in the Hanger Collection, Fryer Library, University of Queensland, Australia. http://www.Austlit.edu.au, http://www.Austlit.edu.au >>>,
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