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John (2) Bishop

JOHN (2) BISHOP

  
Nationality:    Australian
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John Bishops stage play The Greatest Woman in the World was produced in Perth in 2007 by Agelink Theatre. It was the only play nominated for the WA Premiers Book Awards for that year and it contained the role (young Maria Montessori) for which Rebecca Davis won Best Actress in the Perth Equity Guild Awards. Johns other stage plays include Collisions, which was selected for the Australian Script Centre's collection, and An Agent Of Change, which has won awards for each of three amateur productions and was produced for Canberra Community Radio. His radio play An End To The Partnership was broadcast on ABC Radio National's Airplay. John has also written and performed for Perth based "Poetry in Motion" and won awards for performance poetry.

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         Agent Of Change, An         Collisions         Greatest Woman In the World, The

Agent Of Change, An

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At a bench by a lake, a young research scientist, Stephanie, encounters Vera, the bird-lady. Since the death of her husband, Vera's life has revolved around the ducks at the lake, and she feeds them every day. But this activity is not as innocent as it seems, and soon Vera and Stephanie are in open conflict over apparently irreconcilable differences. An Agent Of Change is a story about age and youth, the eccentric and the rational, and reconciling the needs of the individual with the needs of society.

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Genre:
Naturalistic comedy drama 35 min

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Collisions

Synopsis:
Into the cruel and greedy Colony of New South Wales rides an asthmatic Don Quixote with a social conscience -- the new Governor, Sir George Gipps. Seven white men are hanged, the first in the history of the Colony to be executed for murdering Aborigines. The backlash is immediate and, when Gipps provokes land-hungry William Wentworth, the clash becomes vicious. One of them must be destroyed. Privately spurred on by his publicly timorous wife, hampered by an inept Colonial Secretary, a victim of his own poor health, blunt personality and a past indiscretion, Gipps continues to drive for the jugular.

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2 act 100 mins Play/Drama

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Greatest Woman In the World, The

Synopsis:
Why did you abandon me, Mother, why? For half a century, Maria Montessori has avoided the question asked by her illegitimate son. But the sparkling young woman who smashed glass ceilings and was introduced to a packed Carnegie Hall as "the Greatest Woman in the World" is now old and vulnerable. As she re-lives her glorious but controversial past, her son probes for answers to the mysteries of his early life. How could a woman whose life was devoted to children abandon her own? The result is cathartic for both of them. (Note: An earlier version of the play was produced in W.A. and Melbourne in 1987. The play was completely revised in 2002.)

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Genre:
2 act 115 mins Realistic drama

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Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  -

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