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Phil Braithwaite

PHIL BRAITHWAITE

  
Nationality:    New Zealander
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Phil Braithwaite's plays including biography, theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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below is a list of Phil Braithwaite's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Be Glad You're Neurotic         War Play, The

Be Glad You're Neurotic

Synopsis:
Be Glad You're Neurotic is a one-man show that is intended as a light-hearted and comedic look into the condition of neurosis in the 21st century: how it manifests itself, how many people claim to be neurotic, and what can be done about it. the story charts the narrator's own experience of buying a book called Be Glad You're Neurotic from an op-shop, and discovering at the same time that his girlfriend intends to leave him, partly because she thinks he is too neurotic. This sets the narrator on a journey to discover what neurosis means, through research and his own experience. the journey of the piece is that of the narrator's love affair with the book, from infatuation, to uncertainty, through to an eventual disillusionment. Which isn't surprising, since the book was written in 1939, and most of what it has to say is quite ludicrous. the audience should relate to it, partly because most of the experiences described in the show have happened to most people at some stage, from relationship breakups, to attacks of melancholia, to regrets over the past; but these particular ones are perhaps more 'neurotic' than most.
- www.theatreview.org.nz

Notes:
written by Louis e Bisch & Phil Braithwaite

1st Produced:
Gryphon, Wellington    21 Feb 2012

Organisations:
NZ Fringe Festival 2012

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
piece

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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War Play, The

Synopsis:
Hidden in Dunedin's history are generations of lies, mutiny and grave injustice In a brand new play that blurs lines between the real and the imaginary, playwright Philip Braithwaite searches for answers about his great uncle, Jack Braithwaite, who was in the First World War. What he uncovers is a truth that has been locked away for nearly a century. Across several generations, spanning from Dunedin to halfway around the world, two men's lives become inextricably bound. Jack: Suddenly you're scared. Then you realise something: you've been scared the whole bloody time and you didn't even know it.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Fortune Theatre, Dunedin    28 Mar 2015

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
historical play

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.theatreview.org.nz/reviews/production.php?id=4476

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