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Simon O'Connor

SIMON O'CONNOR  (1949 - )

 Nationality:    New Zealander
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below is a list of Simon O'Connor's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

 Avis         Illustrated Death of Eddie Fivetrees, An         Irish Annal of Aotearoa, An         Johnny Muscle         Lift         One Day (2010)         Stuart         What We Tell Ourselves

Avis

Synopsis:
She was found in a basket and brought up in orphanages

Notes:
Based on the book "My Life" by Avis Hunter

1st Produced:
-    1999

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
One act Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Illustrated Death of Eddie Fivetrees, An

Simon O'Connor
Eddie Twelvetrees upsets his neighbours when he announces he is to build a tower in his garden

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-    1994

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: Play Lunch - Five Short New Zealand Plays" published by University of Otago Press 1996   978-1877133015

Music:
-

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Genre:
One act Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Irish Annal of Aotearoa, An

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Based on the book "The Irish Annals of New Zealand" by Michael O'Leary

1st Produced:
-    1999

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
One act Drama

Parts:
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Johnny Muscle

Synopsis:
Whatever happens in town Johnny is to blame

Notes:
Also known As "The Song Of Johnny Muscle"

1st Produced:
Unity Theatre, Wellington    1975

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  10            Female:  10            Other:  doubling

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Lift

Synopsis:
Three men get trapped in the office lift which seems to keep on going up - or is the office building sinking into the sea

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-    1985

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  -            Other:  -

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One Day (2010)

Synopsis:
Sometimes the smallest collisions can shake worlds. RBS Productions creates two pieces of essential theatre, exploring chance encounters between strangers. In Vauxhall, Summer, 12:05pm  12:55pm, Karen and Paddy are caught in a current of unexpected attraction; in Albion Place, Winter, 10:20am  11:10am, Carl and Jordan compel each other to reassess their plans for the future. ". . . the extraordinary contained within the ordinary." For these two plays RBS Productions has adapted the playmaking strategies of theatre and film director Mike Leigh. The process involves developing a meticulously detailed background for each character. When the two characters are brought together, even the most commonplace of exchanges seem charged and nuanced by authentic, vivid past experience. "In this play the characters talk over the top of each other, interrupt, trail off, repeat themselves and stumble over words in a way that is closer to real speech than most scripted drama."
- http://www.theatreview.org.nz

Notes:
Created And performed by Simon O'Conner And Barbara Power with director Richard Huber

1st Produced:
St Paul's Cathedral Crypt, Dunedin, NZ    09 Oct 2010

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
120 min Pieces

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Stuart

Synopsis:
The life of Dr Donald McNaughton Stuart who set up many New Zealand institutions such as the Boys High School Otago and Otago University. 26,000 people attended his funeral

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-    1999

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Genre:
One act Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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What We Tell Ourselves

Synopsis:
It's a throw-away world. What shines today could be junk tomorrow. Even memories

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
Write Out Loud

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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